Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 22:47:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810162245240.25178-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <4.1.0.67.19981016223310.00aab360@genesis.ispace.com>
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On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Drew Baxter wrote: > I'm using MGetty here.. Automatically passes over to PPP with PAP no > problem, and it handles modem answering and init and all that kinda stuff too. > > Consider using that at all? Not unless the system getty won't do it, no. From indications in the ppp man page, it should do it, and I want to find out what I'm doing wrong, not just find thick enough wallpaper to hide the mistake. I need to find why getty is hanging up on me. Regular logins work perfectly fine, but a ppp login, with "set login" set to null, makes it hang up. > > At 10:26 PM 10/16/98 -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > >I'm trying to change the method of ppp again, this time I want to use > >pap authentication only. I think I have several things wrong, so I'm > >going to try to fix just one at a time, and work through all the crud > >serially. > > > >The first problem I have is connecting at the server end; immediately > >after the server puts it's login banner out, it disconnects towards me. > >I've taken a look at the hex, I'm sure of this, that my modem is giving > >me a CARRIER LOST message after I put out the starting lcp stuff, when > >the login process at the other end gets confused. > > > >I have the pp feature enabled in gettytab, like the ppp manpage says, > >and I have /usr/local/bin/ppplogin exactly as per form. Should the > >server end be getting confused, when putting out "login:", that it gets > >the ppp startup hdlc stuff instead? The getty manpage makes no > >reference at all to this, but the ppp man page does ... I've also taken > >a cursory look at the getty source itself, it has provisions to > >recognize ppp, although I'm not sure if I need to do anything more than > >just enable the pp feature in gettytab. > > > >Thanks ... > > > >----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > >Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > >chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > >213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > >Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) > >(301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). > >----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > --- > Drew "Droobie" Baxter > Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) > OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 > http://www.droo.orland.me.us > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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