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From: roycet@airmail.net (Royce Tidwell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: problems with routing using ppp...
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 03:40:10 GMT
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Brian Tidwell <Simbaka1@airmail.net> wrote:

>Ok, here's the problem, besides the one in front of the keyboard :)...

>Using 2.1.5, I go through the user ppp and am able to dial and login
>manually, then packet mode takes over, everything _looks_ ok, but when I
>try to do anything I get name lookup failures.  I can ping my
>dynamically assigned ip, but get no response from the terminal server
>that I dial into.  So, here are the details...

>in sysconfig:
>	network_interfaces="lo0 tun0"
>	ifconfig_lo0="inet localhost"
>	ifconfig_tun0="inet royce.airmail.net 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xffffff00"
>#what kind of routing should I have here?
>	defaultrouter=NO
>	router=routed

>in ppp.conf:
>	default
>	 set device /dev/cuaa0
>	 set speed 19200
>	 set dial "ATDT8858800"
>	 ifaddr 0 0
>	 add 0 0 HISADDR

>in ppp.linkup:
>	delete ALL
>	add 0 0 HISADDR

>the default gateway for my isp is supposed to be 0.0.0.0, and the
>netmask is 255.255.255.0. Their nameservers are 204.178.72.1 and
>204.178.72.1.  I've added that info to the resolv.conf file.  I'm kinda

that should have been 204.178.72.30 for the secondary DNS


>stuck at this point.  I would really appreciate any help...feel free to
>email! or post.

>One more thing that looks strange...
>When I boot I get:
>	ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR)Destination Address Required
>	tun0:flags=8010 <POINTTOPOINT, MULTICAST> mtu 1500

>shouldn't that have an UP and RUNNING field in the tun0 args?

>thanx again! :)

>Royce Tidwell
>roycet@airmail.net


Let me know if any other kind of info would help,

thanks again