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Added a note about dealing with dynamic IP address assignment from

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Submitted by:	Robert Watson   rwatson@sidwell.edu
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John Fieber 1995-08-19 22:16:06 +00:00
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<!-- $Id: userppp.sgml,v 1.1 1995-07-29 13:08:02 jfieber Exp $ --> <!-- $Id: userppp.sgml,v 1.2 1995-08-19 22:16:06 jfieber Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>Setting up user PPP<label id="userppp"> <sect>Setting up user PPP<label id="userppp">
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If your provider allocates you a static IP address then use this in place If your provider allocates you a static IP address then use this in place
of 10.0.0.1. of 10.0.0.1.
<!-- XXX --> <em>(* What should they do if they are <!-- XXX <em>(* What should they do if they are
allocated an IP address dynamically?)</em> allocated an IP address dynamically?)</em> -->
<sect2>Create the /etc/resolv.conf file <sect2>Create the /etc/resolv.conf file
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may or may not want to do this, depending on how many people have access may or may not want to do this, depending on how many people have access
to your ppp system. to your ppp system.
<sect1>* PPP and Dynamic IP configuration <sect1>PPP and Dynamic IP configuration
<!-- XXX <!-- XXX -->
<p>* Don't have a clue how to do this. Could someone who does <p>If you service provider does not assign static IP numbers,
submit something to go in here? <tt>ppp</tt> can be configured to negotiate the local address. This is
--> done by specifying 0 as the local IP address:
<tscreen><verb>
set ifaddr 0 0
</verb></tscreen>
See the <tt>ppp(8)</tt> manual page for more detailed information.
<sect1>Final system configuration <sect1>Final system configuration