Ron Byer Jr. wrote: > Sorry. I wasn't clear : I've even now changed the subject line to cover my > tracks. > > I have a eth0 with a static IP Ethernet connection. No magic required here. > > I'd *like* to add a 2nd external connection (say eth1) that is a ppp > connection. > > This is on a net5501, btw. 3rd port is an internal nic. Astfw is deployed > looking outward. > > I've tried various iterations on using EXT2IF as ppp0, but the extent of my > success so far has been to obliterate eth0. >
Should have checked for other threads before replying... Ok, obliterate in what way? Does the default route get stomped on? -Philip > It may not be possible within the current purpose and scope of rc.conf, et > al. If so, I could conceivably set it up post-boot. > > > Ron Byer Jr. > NetWeave Integrated Solutions, Inc. > +1.732.786.8830 x120 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kristian Kielhofner [mailto:kkielhof...@star2star.com] > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:03 PM > To: AstLinux Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] 2nd PPP connection > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Ron Byer Jr. <r...@netweave.com> wrote: > >> First off, congrats to Lonnie. Certainly well deserved. >> >> >> >> Does anyone have an example (i.e. rc.conf settings, or equivalent) of a >> > 2nd > >> external IP connection that is a PPP connection, the first being a static >> > IP > >> address ? >> >> >> >> I have a working example of a single EXTIF for ppp, and another example of >> > a > >> static IP. Trying to put them together in one box has been tricky. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> > > Ron, > > We currently only support one PPP connection at a time. > > While it's certainly possible to support more it would require some > fairly substantial work on the PPP software (pppd, pppoe, etc). DHCP > is tricky enough. PPP LCP is even worse. > > Philip - any comments/ideas here? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
