Re: How force pppd tu use same ppp interface name

[Geof Goodrum]

On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, David Newall wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Geof Goodrum wrote:
> > If you run something like MRTG to monitor multiple leased lines with ppp
> > connections, you would want to keep the devices assigned to specific lines
> > constant.  Dynamically reassigning them on reconnects would mess up your
> > stats.
> 
> The answer would be to fix the monitoring software.  I contend that it's the
> IP address you are interested in, not the ppp interface.

I don't disagree.  MRTG was a bad example; it uses IP addresses and would
actually be a solution in this case. 'ifconfig' or 'pppstats' give stats
per device name and would be poor choices to monitor a specific line.

Geof Goodrum


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