pppd message

Hello

After login to the provider by modem I got the message 'cannot
determine ethernet address for proxy ARP'. Which files are missing on
my 'Linux From Scratch' ?

Michael

"michanux" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

>Hello

>After login to the provider by modem I got the message 'cannot
>determine ethernet address for proxy ARP'. Which files are missing on
>my 'Linux From Scratch' ?

None. Remove the line
proxyarp
from /etc/ppp/options.



>Michael

On 2 Jul 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.networking, in article
<(E-Mail Removed). com>, michanux wrote:

>After login to the provider by modem I got the message 'cannot
>determine ethernet address for proxy ARP'.

Wrong option to pppd.

proxyarp
Add an entry to this system's ARP [Address Resolu-
tion Protocol] table with the IP address of the
peer and the Ethernet address of this system. This
will have the effect of making the peer appear to
other systems to be on the local ethernet.

That option is _normally_ used when you are running a ppp server, and
the remote that is dialing in to you needs to appear as it it were
directly connected to your LAN. You are dialing _out_ to an ISP, and
the option makes no sense for you. Find where you are declaring it
(possibly in /etc/ppp/options) and remove it. It is not needed.

Old guy