On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Diego Cortassa wrote:
> Why do you say we have to configure the ippp interface *whithout* an ip
> address ? I configured a lot of linux redhat + diald servers (about 40)
> with or without dinamic ip but I never cared to delete the last ip the
> ippp got... I had some problems when I started to use 2.2.x kernel
> because of the "auto add route to interface" feature but I resolved
> them...
Well, that's one reason :-). On 2.0 kernels you really have
to use a bogus address because of "special" meaning of 0.0.0.0.
But on 2.2 kernels putting *any* address on there means you
get routes which you then have to delete.
Another reason is because you might want other things to
use an ippp device outside this diald's control. You can
share ippp interfaces with care rather than configuring one
for every possible connection. In that case you might not
want to use any extra, bogus addresses because it can lead
to maintenance headaches when things change.
Mike
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