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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!rcarter From: rcarter@netcom.com (Russell Carter) Subject: Re: [C]SLIP/PPP automatically? Message-ID: <rcarterD2uK4L.J6p@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <3fuoon$4ur@dhp.com> <3fv48v$nhe@dagny.galt.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 07:14:45 GMT Lines: 42 In article <3fv48v$nhe@dagny.galt.com>, alex wetmore <alex@pc.cc.cmu.edu> wrote: >CCRider (ccrider@dhp.com) wrote: >> Is there a package for FreeBSD 2.0 that mimics the Linux dip? Or is there >> another way to automatically dial my slipserver? >> Just curious. > >Its fairly trivial to write scripts for kermit that dial into a SLIP server >and then log in and run slattach. A number of people have posted theirs >to the NetBSD mailing lists in the last few days, so that might be a good >place to start. > >You can do it with the included PPP software. Here is my pppup script: >#!/bin/sh >pppd /dev/tty01 38400 connect 'chat -t 20 -f /usr/local/etc/chat-ppp' \ > crtscts defaultroute lock modem > >And the /usr/local/etc/chat-ppp looks like: >'' AT&F2S11=50L0\n >OK ATDT<provider number>\n >ID: <userid>\n >password: <password>\n >annex: ppp\n > >This is all from NetBSD, but I'm fairly sure that FreeBSD uses the same >ppp package (if not I'm sure someone will correct me). > >alex Wading through this area myself, I discovered useful stuff for ppp in /usr/src/usr.bin/chat root@geli:/usr/src/usr.bin/chat [72] ls Example chat.8 fix-cua ppp-on Makefile chat.c obj unlock README connect-ppp ppp-off This is on a FreeBSD 2.0 Release system. Also, http://www.trystero.com/rick/bsd/dialppp.html is a start, though it's not working for me yet. Russell