From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 6 05:19:06 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id FAA24802 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Nov 1995 05:19:06 -0800 Received: from ix13.ix.netcom.com (ix13.ix.netcom.com [199.182.120.13]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id FAA24797 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 1995 05:19:04 -0800 Received: from ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov by ix13.ix.netcom.com (8.6.12/SMI-4.1/Netcom) id FAA13064; Mon, 6 Nov 1995 05:17:11 -0800 Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 05:18:31 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr X-Sender: d_burr@ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov To: "Marc G. Fournier" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dial-on-demand PPP In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 5 Nov 1995, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > Just started playing with the PPP implementation that is in > 2.0.5R, and got it most of the way towards being able to use 'ppp -auto' > to do dial-on-demand, but seem to have hit a snag. > > Now, I've sent up the appropriate entry, as per the man > page, and the example files, in /etc/ppp.conf: > > [script deleted] > > Now, all this looks right, I think, according to said documents, but > when I try to ping out to start the connection, I get a No Route to > host error, and it doesn't try to dial out. I have things set up EXACTLY THE SAME as you (well, except for PPP dialin phone number, login authentication, IP numbers, et al...) and I am having the same exact problem you are. > So...I'm assuming I'm missing something in my iij-demand entry. > > Anyone out there have this working, that can send me a copy of their > /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file, or can explain what it looks like I'm missing? If you (or anyone else) has the answer, please post it to the mailing list or email, It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 // FAX 564-2315 // WWW http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/~dburr PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. **