[H-GEN] bind pppd to an interface

[Robert Stanford]

Robert Stanford wrote:
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> Greeting Fellow Humbug people,,
> 
> I have a machine with 2 adsl connections, one is for the internet and 
> contains the default gateway, the other is for a private link to another 
> network, the machine performs NAT for the local network and the remote one.
> 
> Unfortunately I cannot rely on each connection to come up on the same 
> ppp interface every time.
> 
> Is there a way to bind an instance of pppd to a particular ppp interface 
> (ppp0, ppp1) so i dont have to munge my firewall rules.
> 
> I've looked at the man page for PPP and done some searching but alas, 
> the correct search string eludes me.

So of course, I find the solution 2 minutes after posting this.


unit num

Sets the ppp unit number (for a ppp0 or ppp1 etc interface name) for 
outbound connections.

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