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From: wong@wong.rogerswave.ca (Wong Family)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with User PPP
Date: 12 Mar 1996 03:16:53 GMT
Organization: Rogers Cablesystems Ltd.
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Joseph Steinberg (steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu) wrote:
: PLEASE HELP! This should really be a simple problem to solve for
: anyone using PPP...

: I am having a problem with user PPP. I seem to connect and create the PPP 
: connection, but cannot do anything with it.
: I am attaching some error messages I get when trying to use the PPP 
: connection and my configuration et. al.

: ** ERRORS: **

: /home/steinber 1 % telnet haven.ios.com
: haven.ios.com: Host name lookup failure
: /home/steinber 2 % nslookup haven.ios.com
: *** Can't find server name for address 198.4.75.46: No response from server
: *** Default servers are not available
: /home/steinber 3 % nslookup irgun.yosi.org
: *** Can't find server name for address 198.4.75.46: No response from server
: *** Default servers are not available
: /home/steinber 4 % ping 198.4.75.46
: PING 198.4.75.46 (198.4.75.46): 56 data bytes
: ping: sendto: No route to host
: ping: wrote 198.4.75.46 64 chars, ret=-1
: ping: sendto: No route to host
: ping: wrote 198.4.75.46 64 chars, ret=-1
: ping: sendto: No route to host
: ping: wrote 198.4.75.46 64 chars, ret=-1
: ping: sendto: No route to host
: ping: wrote 198.4.75.46 64 chars, ret=-1
: ^C
: --- 198.4.75.46 ping statistics ---
: 4 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
: /home/steinber 5 %


: CONFIGURATION AND PPP RUN
: /home/steinber 1 % ppp
: User Process PPP. Written by Toshiharu OHNO.
: Log level is 09
: can't open /etc/ppp/ppp.secret.
: Warning: No password entry for this host in ppp.secret
: Warning: All manipulation is allowed by anyone in a world
: Using interface: tun0
: Interactive mode
: ppp ON irgun> dial XXXXXX
: dial OK!
: login OK!
: ppp ON irgun> Packet mode.
: ppp ON irgun>
: PPP ON irgun> show version
: Version 0.94
: PPP ON irgun> show route
: 10.0.0.1         127.0.0.1          ffffffff  UGH    (2)
: 127.0.0.1        127.0.0.1          ffffffff  UH     (2)
: 169.132.50.243   169.132.51.6       ffffffff  UH     (4)
: 169.132.51.49    127.0.0.1          ffffffff  UH     (2)
: 224.0.0.0        10.0.0.1           00000000  U      (4)
: PPP ON irgun> show ?
:   afilter : Show keep Alive filters       auth    : Show auth name/key
:   ccp     : Show CCP status               compress: Show compression
: statictics
:   debug   : Show current debug level      dfilter : Show Demand filters
:   escape  : Show escape characters        hdlc    : Show HDLC error
: summary
:   ifilter : Show Input filters            ipcp    : Show IPCP status
:   lcp     : Show LCP status               log     : Show log records
:   mem     : Show memory map               modem   : Show modem setups
:   ofilter : Show Output filters           proto   : Show protocol
: summary
:   route   : Show routing table            timeout : Show Idle timeout
: value
:   version : Show version string           help    : Display this message
: PPP ON irgun> show ccp
: CCP [Stopped]
: myproto = PRED1, hisproto = OUI
: Input: 0 --> 0,  Output: 0 --> 0
: PPP ON irgun> show auth
: AuthName =
: AuthKey  =
: PPP ON irgun> show modem
: device: /dev/cuaa1  speed: 115200
: cs8, none parity
: connect count: 1
: outq: 0
: DialScript  = ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 "" ATE1Q0 OK-AT-OK
: \dATDT\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT
: LoginScript = TIMEOUT 10 nnex: 2 sername: XXXXXXXXXX assword: XXXXXXXXXX
: PhoneNumber = XXXXXXXXX
: PPP ON irgun>
: PPP ON irgun> ^


: I have set my nameserver in resolv.conf anf have set the sysconfigure 
: file correctly (I think).

: All help is appreciated.
: JS

Try to add a default route in your machine.
and making sure that resolv.conf has a valid reachable nameserver.

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