On 4 Jul 2002, Abdul-Wahid Paterson wrote:
> I have a dsl link with a static IP but the next hop is dynamic. For
> the first few weeks the remote IP of the dsl never changed but it now
> seems to change every now and then and I have consequently had to edit
> my ipsec.conf to reflect the new IP. Is there a way in the
> configuration file to allow a static IP for left but have leftnexthop
> dynamic? I tried setting leftnexthop=%any but that wouldn't work. Is
> leftnexthop strictly necessary?
Instead of specifying your IP address for left, use left=%defaultroute.
This will automatically set the nexthop entry.
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