Do you have a static local IP address?

	You might want to try just putting in one of the server's
	IP address and adding 'ipcp-accept-remote' to your ppp options.

		David/absolute

                  -=- Why _do_ we crucify ourselves?  -=-

On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Anders Dinsen wrote:

> Dear fellow-NetBSD'ers.
> 
> I'm investigating how I can let my NetBSD box function as my Internet
> gateway with a PPP connection opened when someone on my LAN requires
> access to the 'net, and closed off again after a few minutes of idle
> time. Currently I have a modem connection, but I plan to implement
> ISDN. (It's important that the connection is closed again, since you
> pay for local phone calls in my country [Denmark].)
> 
> pppd supports this with my NetBSD revision which is 1.3.1 - about to
> be patched up to 1.3.2 before working on this.
> 
> I plan to use NAT too.
> 
> My problem is that the pppd man page states that I must give the
> distination IP address as an option to pppd if I have a persistent
> demand dialled connection (apparantly because the connection is
> virtually available all the time with routing tables constantly
> updated, even if the modem is'nt dialled).
> 
> I cannot give this, since my ISP has several modem hosts with
> different IP-addresses, and I cannot determine which one I am getting
> in touch with when I am dialling a specific phone number.
> 
> For example, at one time I will get in touch with a host with IP
> 194.234.11.5, and when retrying a few seconds later, I will get in
> touch with 194.234.11.11.
> 
> Is there a solution to this problem?
> 
> I have'nt experimented with it all yet, so I might be totally wrong on
> this. On the other hand: The pppd man page is quite clear on this.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Anders Dinsen
>