Got a definitive answer from the maintainer of ppp as to why ifconfig always shows ppp0 no matter which ppp device is up. Now this motivates me even more to write a ppp maintainer that will report which device is actually up, as well as give you your connection speed, DHCP IP address, switching ppp devices, etc. Thank you everyone for you attention to this matter. Clarence Donath [EMAIL PROTECTED] +------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/04/00 11:44 ------- +This is normal behavior. Interface names (as output by ifconfig) are always +numbered sequentially starting at zero. Your interface comes up as ppp0 because +it is the first ppp interface that is up on the system. The device name set in +the related ifcfg-pppX file is only used to determine which copy of ppp-watch to +kill in order to bring the interface down. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
