Matthew Emmerton writes:
> Any ideas on why doing an 'ifconfig rl0 up' before starting PPP (using set
> device PPPoE:rl0) would cause this problem?  (These machines are running
> 4.3-REL-p20)

There is a kernel bug in 4.3 where certain interfaces can't deal
with an outgoing packet appearing while the interface is still
marked down.

Brian modified ppp(8) to workaround this by setting the interface
to be 'UP' before sending any packets.

-Archie

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Archie Cobbs     *     Packet Design     *     http://www.packetdesign.com

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