Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 12:12:57 +0800 From: Alvin Sim <bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re[2]: stop ppp dialing on boot Message-ID: <868976537.20010418121257@yahoo.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <044501c0c7b6$d5e98480$548d093d@oracle> References: <395951968.20010418112232@yahoo.co.uk> <044501c0c7b6$d5e98480$548d093d@oracle>
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Wednesday, April 18, 2001, 11:22:44 AM, Doug Young wrote: DY> I'd start by commenting out those last four lines [...snip...] well, it doesnt dial out when the last four lines below is commented out, as i previously stated below. any more suggestions? >> >> i have a very simple lan comprising of a fbsd server (4.3-rc) that >> serves as a gateway to 2 other machines running ntws and 98. ppp is >> configured and i can dial 'ppp -auto provider' w/ no problems from a >> ssh session from nt (telnet is disabled). now, this seems very >> unconventional that i have to make a ssh session everytime i want to >> connect to my isp. furthermore, the person behind the machine running >> 98 has zero knowledge of doing anything of that sort (i.e. telnet, >> ssh... ) >> >> ok, so i set up ppp to dial when there's a connection going out of my >> lan when the system boots up. but... somehow, it dials everytime it >> boots up instead of when it detects an outbound connection from my >> lan. and i dont want that (dialing upon booting up) since i'm >> charged on a per-minute dialup basis. anyways, i'm including part my >> rc.conf config if someone can have a look at it and tell me where i >> did wrong. >> >> start my rc.conf >> =========================================================== >> >> # >> ### Basic network: ### >> network_interfaces="lo0 rl0" >> ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" >> ifconfig_rl0="inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" >> hostname="my.domain.org" >> >> # >> ### Network routing options: ### >> gateway_enable="YES" >> router_enable="NO" >> defaultrouter="NO" >> forward_sourceroute="NO" >> accept_sourceroute="NO" >> tcp_drop_synfin="NO" # Set to YES to drop TCP packets with DY> SYN+FIN >> tcp_restrict_rst="NO" # Set to YES to restrict emission of RST >> >> firewall_enable="YES" >> firewall_type="open" >> firewall_quite="YES" >> natd_enable="YES" >> natd_interface="tun0" >> natd_flags="-dynamic" >> >> # >> # User ppp configuration. >> ppp_enable="YES" >> ppp_mode="auto" >> ppp_nat="NO" >> ppp_profile="provider" >> >> =========================================================== >> end my rc.conf >> >> >> if ppp_enable="NO", i then have to manually dial. if ppp_enable="YES", >> it dials on booting up :( so, how can i make it dial ONLY when it >> detects an outbound traffic? thanks for looking into this. -- Alvin mailto:bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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