ppp is broken???

[RW]

On Mon, 7 May 2007 10:25:20 -0400
"Bob" <bob at a1poweruser.com> wrote:

> The format of the statement to add
> is ifconfig_xxxx=up where xxxx is the NIC's FBSD interface name used
> by PPPoE that you specified in the /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file.
> ee /etc/rc.conf      # add following statements 
> ifconfig_xxxx=up

I've not needed to do this,

> ifconfig_tun0="DHCP"    # get your ISP assigned IP address

PPP has its own mechanism for getting an IP address and dns server
addresses. You don't normally need to specify DHCP for the interface.