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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!pith.uoregon.edu!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!in-news.erinet.com!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!nmia!maslow.cia-g.com!lithium From: Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Dial Out w/ ppp on BSD/OS 2.1 Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 11:11:07 -0700 Organization: New Mexico Internet Access Lines: 27 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.961226111043.26426B-100000@maslow.cia-g.com> References: <01bbefe1$adf1b6c0$629ad4cf@support10.s-cc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: maslow.cia-g.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: John Prochaska <john@s-cc.com> In-Reply-To: <01bbefe1$adf1b6c0$629ad4cf@support10.s-cc.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5489 When you log in to ppp you need to make sure your default route points out the ppp interface and not the ethernet like it does when you boot up. On 22 Dec 1996, John Prochaska wrote: > I'm using BSD/OS 2.1 . I'm trying to use dial out ppp to another sub net. > I'm running > on a Pentium 100 with an SMC ether card. The modem connects fine, and runs > ppp, but I can't even ping the ip address assigned to the ppp0 interface, > let alone > anything on the remote sub net. If I haven't specified a default route to > ppp0 before > hand, a default route is added for the we0 interface, and the gateway for > the ip > address is assigned to link0, which is incorrect. The routing tables look > good if I > add a defualt gateway ahead of time to ppp0 (I have a static IP add. when > connecting). > Is anyone actually using BSD/OS 2.1 to successfully dial out using ppp? > I'm actually > investigating this problem for a client who experienced the same thing on > his box. Any > help would be appreciated! > >