[H-GEN] IPTables problem

[Robert Brockway]

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Snowy Angeilque Maslov aka 'Snowpony' wrote:

> It is indeed talking about eth+ and similar interfaces.  This option is
> quite commonly used on ppp interfaces since pppd may not always bind to

Good point.

> a specific ppp interface.  Instead of reloading your firewall rules with
> the updated name for the ppp interface you are using; a lot of people
> instead just use 'ppp+'.

There is an easier way to do this.  Checkout the "linkname" parameter to
pppd.  Scripts, etc, can reference this and act in a smart manner.

Cheers,
	Rob

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