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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!128.230.129.112!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.icm.edu.pl!korweta.task.gda.pl!not-for-mail From: Adam Baran <badam@zimw.gdynia.pl> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: User PPP (iijppp) and routing Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 14:38:11 +0200 Organization: Zespół Informatyki MW Lines: 31 Message-ID: <33C0E333.68A4@zimw.gdynia.pl> References: <timleeECwzr4.8tL@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mega.zimw.gdynia.pl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44061 Timothy J. Lee wrote: > > With FreeBSD 2.2.1, I configured and used the user PPP (iijppp) > according to the on line handbook and ppp man page. I can get a PPP > connection and an IP address from the remote host (a SunOS 4.1.3 > machine with pppd), and "show ipcp" shows the expected IP addresses. > "show route" does not give a route to either the IP assigned by the > remote host, or the IP address of the remote host. This means that > attempts to telnet the remote host's IP address or others it is > connected to fail. > > What else needs to be done to get the routing across the PPP connection > to work properly? > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Timothy J. Lee timlee@ > Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. netcom.com > No warranty of any kind is provided with this message. Under FreeBSD 2.1.5 (but I think things have'nt changed so far) You should type at PPP prompt: PPP ON ...>add 0 0 HISADDR From this moment routing table contains default route entry. Alternatively, revisit PPP man page and see section about "ppp.linkup" file (there should be an example in /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample). Good luck !