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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com.nojunkemailplease.com!not-for-email From: nobody@not.for.email (Timothy J. Lee) Subject: Re: User PPP (iijppp) and routing Message-ID: <timleeECzGL5.6Ms@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Sender: timlee@netcom12.netcom.com Reply-To: see-signature-for-email-address---ads-not-welcome References: <timleeECwzr4.8tL@netcom.com> <8igqp5.rqd.ln@shift.utell.net> Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 04:31:53 GMT Lines: 66 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44083 brian@awfulhak.org, brian@utell.co.uk writes: |In article <timleeECwzr4.8tL@netcom.com>, | timlee@netcom.com (Timothy J. Lee) writes: |> 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? | |What does "netstat -rn" say ? Before using ppp: Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.2 UH 0 10 lo0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 14 lo0 After connecting with ppp: Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default xxx.xxx.xxx.57 UGSc 0 0 tun0 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.2 UH 0 10 lo0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 14 lo0 xxx.xxx.xxx.57 xxx.xxx.xxx.81 UH 1 0 tun0 where xxx.xxx.xxx.57 is a SunOS 4.1.3 machine running pppd at the other end, and xxx.xxx.xxx.81 is the IP address assigned by the other end to the FreeBSD 2.2.1 machine. I cannot get to anything on xxx.xxx.xxx, including xxx.xxx.xxx.81, after connecting with ppp. | Have you specified your target |(maybe guessed) IP number in ppp.conf on the command line ? | | set ifaddr 10.10.10.10/0 10.10.11.11/0 | add 0 0 10.10.11.11 In .ppp.conf in the appropriate section, I have this set ifaddr line: set ifaddr 10.0.0.2/0 xxx.xxx.xxx.57/0 255.255.255.0 |The HISADDR bit in the old docs is bogus. HISADDR is only available |in ppp.linkup. I have this in .ppp.linkup: MYADDR: delete ALL add 0 0 HISADDR -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy J. Lee timlee@ Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. netcom.com No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.