*BSD News Article 61308


Return to BSD News archive

Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newsroom.utas.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!ns1.tstt.net.tt!feisal
From: feisal@tstt.net.tt (Feisal Mohammed)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Q> User mode ppp troubles
Date: 14 Feb 1996 00:18:41 GMT
Organization: University of the West Indies
Lines: 25
Message-ID: <slrn4i2ato.gl.feisal@lancelot.valsayn.tt>
References: <3121120C.2862@bearcreek.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: cuscon14s.tstt.net.tt
X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.5)

In article <3121120C.2862@bearcreek.com>, Jon Buffington wrote:
>I am trying to connect to my ISP using the documentation from 
>the FreeBSD Handbook (PPP Configuration). I can dial into the 
>ISP, login into and start the remote PPP service, have the tun0 
>interface assigned the correct MYADDR, and add the correct 
>default route. The problems occurs with packets sent to the tun0 
>interface. The tun0 input packet count increases but no packets 
>are transmitted over the terminal adapter after addresses have 
>been negotiated.
>Does anyone have any helpful ideas to correct this problem?
Are the correct routes set? Does a netstat -r show that the
default route is through the ISP's router via tun0?
This is what mine looks like
Destination      Gateway            Flags     Refs     Use     Netif Expire 
default          cisco2511a.tstt.ne UGc    /* cisco is the router*/   tun0
lancelot         lancelot           UH    /*my machine*/              lo0
cisco2511a.tstt. cuscon14s.tstt.net UH    /*from router to my mach */ tun0
cuscon14s.tstt.n lancelot           UH   /*loopback stuff*/           lo0   

The ISP name for my machine is cuscon...
-- 
Feisal Mohammed <feisal@tstt.net.tt>   Ph: 1-809-662-2002 x3171
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of the West Indies.