Sorry must be a bit of confusion, i only have the one ip address i was just
refering to what subnet it belongs in, thats all, i didnt mean that i have
all of that subnet :-), I only wish i did :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: John Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ryan McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] PPP0 Autodial
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 12:05:04AM +1100, Ryan McBride wrote:
>
> > How do i specify a default ip address 61.8.6.86/24 ??
>
> You shouldn't need to. The remote end will normally tell pppd what its IP
> address is. Are you sure you own that whole address block? The `/24'
> refers to a netmask of 24 bits (255.255.255.0), so it's not a single
> address but rather a block of 256. I don't think they're all yours. I
> think you only have a single address, 61.8.6.86. If you have the whole
> block, you'd almost certainly have been given it as 61.8.6.0/24. They
> both refer to the same block of addresses, but the latter is the way it
> would normally be expressed i.e. `(address & netmask)/netmask'.
>
> Your ISP is Zip, I use them too. I've never needed to specify an IP
> address to pppd, it's always been told it by the remote end. This also
> applies to the three other ISPs I've used. I've had static addresses with
> two of them, dynamic with the other two. In all cases, the remote end has
> told pppd its IP address.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
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