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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!op.net!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!news From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PPP - setup Question - Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 21:36:56 +0000 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 83 Message-ID: <32485478.2858@www.play-hookey.com> References: <3247300D.57A1@airmail.net> <527igd$amn@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) H. Jared Agnew wrote: > > Martin, > > We need a bit more information, first what are the pseudo devices compiled > in your kernel, meaning do you have a tun, ppp, sl device compiled in. Then > if you want to use the tun0 device, are you using ppp to connect? > > Martin Stack (jumper@airmail.net) wrote: > : HELP ! > > : When I boot up here is what I see for tun0, CAN ANYONE tell me what is > : going on in this string of stuff ?????? > > : sysconfig: > : ifconfig_tun0="inet machine.airmail.net 0.0.0.0 betnast 0xffffff00" > > : MY MACHINE ON BOOT > : ifconfig ioctl(CIOCAIFADD):Destination address required > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > This means that the ifconfig call wants another parameter, which happens > to be the IP of the machine you will be dialing into. > B > > : tun0: flags=8010<POINTTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > : online Doc says: > : tun0: flags=51<UP,POINTTOPOINT,RUNNING> mtu 1500 > : inet x.x.x.x --> y.y.y.y netmask 0xffffffff > > : I think this is the source of my connection problems. I can connect but > : my connectionb times out due to inctivity. Any pointer as to which > : direction to go would greatly be appreciated. > > : You can mail me direct at jumper@airmail.net if this is a flamable > : question. THANKS !!!! > > : Martin > > Now I'm definatly not a guru, and there will be people posting after this > that will atest to that fact, but I have found that pppd is much easier, and > faster. So if you want here are some tips on using pppd. > > 1. Make sure that the pseudo-device ppp is compiled into your kernel > (It is not by default) > > 2. Create a /etc/ppp/options file with nothing in it. > > 3. Create a /etc/ppp/ppp.chat file with the following in it. > > ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' '' ATZ OK ATDT<phone number> CONNECT > ogin:--ogin: <user name> assword: <password> > > 3b. You may need to change the ogin: prompt to ame:--ame: if your isp > provides you with a different prompt. Also if you are prommpted to > type anything when you login you will need to add it there. > > 4. Then on the command prompt type > > pppd <speed> <device> connect 'chat -f /etc/ppp/ppp.chat' > > ex. pppd 57600 /dev/cuaa1 connect 'chat -f /etc/ppp/ppp.chat' > Although this may be dragging the original question far afield... I found it much easier to include in /etc/ppp/options the line: connect /etc/ppp/dial-isp where dial-isp is an executable chat script that has all the nitty-gritties in it. Since my connection is full-time, my command line is in /etc/rc.local, and reads: pppd 115200 /dev/cuaa1 All else is handled in the options file. -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |