Hi

One of my boxes running pppd with serial modem and i dont need to use
dhclient.It looks simple.here is my 'pppd.options' and assume u using serial
modem to get
static ip.

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lock
local
57600
/dev/tty00
crtscts
-detach
debug
defaultroute
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u can invoke pppd with simple shell script like
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#!/bin/sh
while :;do
/usr/sbin/pppd file /etc/pppd/pppd.options
sleep 5
exit
------------------------------------------------------------------

I hope this helps

Greetings
----- Original Message -----
From: "jfw" <jfw@ns1.vrx.net>
To: <current-users@netbsd.org>
Cc: <jfw@ns1.vrx.net>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 2:52 AM
Subject: is it possible to run dhclient on a PPP line?


> My ISP has just changed their servers, and now requires users with static
IP
> to use DHCP.  (More precisely, when I called, I was specifically told that
> those few users who still had static IP addresses would need to "check the
> Use DHCP box in the Windows TCP/IP Control Panel", and until I've at least
> tried the equivalent of this, arguing about how loony this sounds isn't
going
> to help.)
>
> When I fire up dhclient, however, it sets the address of the PPP link to 0
> (specifically "inet 0.0.0.0 -> 255.255.255.255 netmask 0xff000000"), and
> then proceeds to fail miserably:
>
> Listening on BPF/ppp0/00:00:00:00:00
> Sending on   BPF/ppp0/00:00:00:00:00
> Sending on   Socket/fallback
> DHCPDISCOVER on ppp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
> send_packet: Input/output error
> DHCPDISCOVER on ppp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
> send_packet: Input/output error
> DHCPDISCOVER on ppp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
> send_packet: Input/output error
> DHCPDISCOVER on ppp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
> send_packet: Input/output error
> DHCPDISCOVER on ppp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
> send_packet: Input/output error
> DHCPDISCOVER on ppp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
> send_packet: Input/output error
> DHCPDISCOVER on ppp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
> send_packet: Input/output error
> No DHCPOFFERS received.
> No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
>
>
> So:  does anyone use dhclient over PPP?  How do I configure it to work
> properly without blindly hammering the ppp0 interface address?  (Or at
> least hammering it in such a way that it will actually work.)  And does
> anyone believe that sending a dhcp request will convince their dialup
> network to re-issue my static address like the phone clone promised?
>
> Thanks,
> John Woods
> jfw@vrx.net (usually jfw@funhouse.com)
>
>