From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 11 11:20:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA01013 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 11 Oct 1997 11:20:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA00975 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 1997 11:19:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA01972; Sat, 11 Oct 1997 19:19:38 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199710111819.TAA01972@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: lnb cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, support@cdrom.com, jonni@tht.net In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 10 Oct 1997 17:19:34 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 19:19:38 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hello, > > I have been sending numerous mail regarding the problem of connecting or > rather the inability to get out on the net with ppp. > > Today i tried something which seems to have worked. The question is, why > is it working if what i did does not go along with both the FreeBSD > Handbook and PPP(8) man page. > > This is what I did. > > 1) changed ppp.conf in the dial script to login using my sons username and > password. It connected to the 1st portmaster 209.47.145.10 which is the > one I could never get out on. I left the "set ifaddr" to 209.47.145.213 > (my static IP) and found I could not get out as usual. > > 2) I changed the "set ifaddr" to 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 and dialed back in > and saw with "show route" in ppp on BEEF> that i was again connected to > the first portmaster with the IP as shown above for this particular > portmaster. > > I tried a traceroute to www.freebsd.org and presto I was able to get > out. > > 3) I then went back in to ppp.conf and put in the login script my username > and password. I left the set ifaddr to 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 and redialed > back to my ISP. Again i hit on the first portmaster and I am able to now > connect and get out on the net. The show route also shows that my addr is > the static one assigned to me which is 209.47.145.213 > > Here is the show route: > > PPP ON beef> show route > default 209.47.145.10 ffffffff UG (1) > 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 ffffffff UH (3) > 205.236.175.139 209.47.145.10 ffffffff UGH (1) > 209.47.145.2 209.47.145.10 ffffffff UGH (1) > 209.47.145.10 209.47.145.213 ffffffff UH (1) > PPP ON beef> > > As I asked before, why does this work, when infact, the man page and the > FreeBSD Handbook both tell me to put in set ifaddr my static ip, and when > i do i can't get out anywhere????? > > Maybe this might be helpful to someone else encountering the same > problems i did. > > > Thank you for reading this and for any response you may give > > Lanny Baron You'll need to supply more information. Check the current FAQ on http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ.html (section 10.7 I think). -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....