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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with PPP under 2.2.1
Date: 29 Apr 1997 09:15:15 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5jqh3t$pkr$1@csnews.cs.colorado.edu>,
atk@alumni.cs.Colorado.EDU (Alan T Krantz) writes:
> Ho hum I'm having problems with ppp under 2.2.1 My situation is as follows:
> I had ppp running fine under 2.0 - I upgraded to 2.2.1 and now I can't
> get ppp to work. I saved /etc/ and /etc/ppp before I upgraded and restored
> /etc/ppp so ppp.conf and ppp.linkup are setup correctly. I also checked/updated
> [host.conf (for hosts,bind), resolv.conf and /etc/hosts]. I have a /dev/tun0
> (I assume it is correct) and I am using the kernel that the boot floppy
> installed (I turned off most of the isa cards - maybe I turned off something
> else I wasn't suppose to? or misconfigured one of the /etc files).
> (i have 2.0's /etc on disk (but not as /etc) and the rest of 2.0 on tape)
>
> Anyways ping and traceroute fail to leave the local machine - I guess
> something could be wrong in one of the config files or in sysconfig
> (named is set to no but i keep thinking one of the if_networks is relevant to
> my problem). I don't know what to look for with netstat or show route
> (under ppp) to find the problem.
>
> I am using/have been assigned static ip. I would paste the exact logs
> (show log, show route, netstat) but er I can't get ppp to work to upload them.
> Anyways the connection gets established, my addr is correct and hisaddr
> is correct.
>
> I keep thinking there is something with regards to networks I need to
> turn on but the last time I did this (under 2.0) was 2 years ago.
>
> Any suggestions ?
>
> thanks,
> atk
As I said by mail, leave all mention of tun0 out of sysconfig and
check that your routing tables look the way I suggested before and
after running ppp.
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
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