[aclug-L] Re: IPMasq problems

[Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, John Reinke wrote:

> # Bring up ethernet link
> ifconfig eth0 172.16.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 172.16.1.1 up

This looks funny.  eth0's IP is the same as the broadcast addr?

> poff didn't work this time.  After trying it, I typed "ps aux |
> grep ppp" which listed "/usr/sbin/pppd call p" TWICE. killall
> worked to disconnect.

This may or may not be funny -- had pppd spawned off a child process
... check the parent IDs of each.

-jeff
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