On 5/10/05, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apparently, _Deboo ^_, on 05/10/2005 01:06 PM,typed: > > > > > I figured this out (or RTFMed). It was simple: ddclient -use=if ppp0 . > > That's all that was needed and I put this in a script that scarts ppp > > at bootup (a script under /etc/rc.boot) The only thing now is that > > most of the times, pppd hasn't yet got an IP from the router and > > ddclient starts up. I have given a sleep time for ddclient as 3 mintes > > but even this much is less and it fails when the ppp0 IP takes more > > time. > > > > Same thing happens with ipmasq which also is started along with > > ddclient. Then lots of ipmasq junk comes on the screen and it's hard > > to type a command or even login ( i need to keep pressing Ctrl - L). > > Is there a solution to this? Previously it never used to take long to > > get the IP address. Is there a way I can make this proicess faster? I > > use pppoe. > > > > And is there way I can execute the scripts that I have under > > /etc/rc.boot? Like the scripts under /etc/rcx.d hev a number > > associated with them and when they get executed? > > > > Regards, > > Deboo > > > > > > Shot in the dark: > I haven't really looked at this, but isn't there a method of listing > ppp0 in /etc/network/interfaces? I keep getting this message at bootup > that this is the newer method but I could be completely wrong. Now, if > that is possible, you could just put > "up ddclient ...." or whatever the command you want to give > so that it is executed after ppp0 comes up (I assume ppp0 has an IP by > the time is comes up else it doesn't come up at all).
No, ppp0 comes up even without an IP and later gets an IP. Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list.
