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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!cs.ubc.ca!ubc-cs!binhdo From: binhdo@cs.ubc.ca (Binh Do) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problems w/ User PPP Date: 16 Jan 1996 22:48:43 GMT Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 60 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dha0b$684@nnrp.cs.ubc.ca> References: <4da13l$ha9@swen.emba.uvm.edu> <4db0cq$3t2@maureen.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rimaux.cs.ubc.ca Maybe it should help if you turn on the debug option in ppp (inside ppp type set debug Chat). After dialing you can view /var/log/ppp.log (or something similar)). In my case the output is : ppp>dial ubc dial OK! login OK! ppp>switch... (small ppp) PPP>... (capital) and now you can telnet and so on. In article <4db0cq$3t2@maureen.teleport.com>, nailers@teleport.com (Blake R. Swensen) writes: |> This was exactly the same problem that I had with my system. I had to |> ignore the part of the handbook that described setting up an |> ifconfig_tun0 line in /etc/sysconfig and add my internet service |> provider's (ISP) name server in /etc/resolv.conf. These two steps will |> allow ppp to configure the tun0 device the way it needs to and tell ppp |> where to look to resolve names/ip addresses. |> |> This is assuming that you also have the set ifaddr 0 0 in your |> /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file. |> |> |> Todd Huss (huss@emba-news.uvm.edu) wrote: |> : I'm trying to use User Space PPP with FreeBSD 2.1.0. I've recompiled the |> : kernel to include support for tun0, and have my chat script working and |> : everything. When I start up ppp and dial it connects, log's in, and then |> : switches to packet mode. However, when I switch to another window to try |> : and telnet out nothing happens. My modem lights don't so much as blink |> : which tells me that it's not even connecting to my DNS. When I try and |> : telnet to an IP address it just sits there and the modem lights don't do |> : a thing either. The routing tables when I type "show route" in ppp look |> : fine also. |> |> : I noticed in the PPP man page, it says when it starts talking PPP, that |> : the prompt ppp on hostname switches to capital letters which it does not |> : to on my machine. If it's switching to packet mode though isn't the ppp |> : connection pretty much established? Thanks for any help or suggestions. |> |> : -Todd |> |> : -- |> : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |> : thuss@moose.uvm.edu |> : huss@emba.uvm.edu |> : Todd C. Huss |> : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |> |> -- |> +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |> | The Nailers. Rock and Blues. | |> | http://www.teleport.com/~nailers nailers@teleport.com | |> +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Binh Do Department Of Computer Science University Of BC, Canada