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03-26-2004, 08:29 AM	#1
fzzy Member Registered: May 2003 Posts: 31 Rep:	pppd - use fixed interface? when calling pppd directly ( pppd /dev/ttyS0 nodetach ) is there a way to force it to use a fixed interface, ppp2, or whatever I need at the time? the pppd man page only mentions 'linkname' which doesn't seem to work for me, and google hasn't found much either...

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