Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 02:46:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Heredity Choice <stork@QNET.COM> To: "Kennie H. Jones" <khjones@w3rite.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with pppd Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.05L.10010190225080.4463-100000@cello.qnet.com> In-Reply-To: <39EE8106.85659CA1@w3rite.com>
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I have the same problems as Kennie with FreeBSD 4.1 Intel. I cannot get User PPP to work, and KDE seems confused whether it is trying to run User PPP or Kernel PPP. I am trying to configure User PPP for a dialup, no local network, and dynamic IP addresses. I am bewildered by the considerable differences between the suggested configurations in "The Complete FreeBSD" and in "FreeBSD Handbook." The former was written for 3.x; is it inappropriate for 4.x? Is the latter up to date for 4.x? I am writing this using: cu -l /dev/cuaa1 atdtTELEPHONE_NUMBER and my ISP's Pine. Primitive but it works. Paul Smith On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Kennie H. Jones wrote: > I am trying to use the kernel version of PPP (program, pppd) to connect > to my ISP by a new installation of FreeBSD. I have followed exactly the > instructions in "The Complete FreeBSD" book and in the URL, > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ppp.html, using the instructions for > chat instead of kermit. Thes two methods are somewhat different in their > recommended parameters and methods. I have also tried many (if not all) > combinations of parameters (putting in all and then commenting out as I > try to connect). > > None of the combinations seem to work. The result is that I appear to > connect: I hear the modem dial and typical noise, the noise stops, and > the system says it connected displaying both local and remote IP > addresses that have been assigned. But, when I try to ping an address at > my ISP, it hangs and never connects. I have found that if I ping the > local connection address, it works. But if I ping the remote connection > address, it hangs as well. > > In the file, rc.conf, I have set the parmeter, gateway_enable="NO", to > keep things as simple as possible. My eventual goal is for this computer > to be a gateway for my local network to the ISP. My local network is > working OK. > > So, my questions are: > > 1) How do I get this system to be able to communicate with the Internet > through my ISP (i.e. what is wrong with my currnet configuration that is > not allowing me to do this?) > > 2) Once this connection is working for this computer, how do I make it > serve as a gateway for my local network. > > 3) If I uncommment the line, "demand", in the file, "options", it > displays an error, (see attached file, "pppd-demand.out", that says I > must set a static IP address for the ISP. My ISP uses dynamic addresses > on both the local and remote end, and apparently the addresses are not > even from the same subnet with each connection. How so I use pppd to > dial on demand with dynamic addresses? > > The following files are attached (all but rc.conf in /etc/ppp): > > options - option file for pppd > dial.chat - input for the chat > pap.secrets - username and password for pap. (changed to "<username>" > and > "<password>". Found that the options file (login > method) > would not work without this file, so evidently my > ISP uses pap. > /etc/rc.conf > connect-errors - log file from pppd > pppd.out - output from execution of pppd > pppd-demand.out - output from execution of pppd with demand option in > "options" > ifconfig.before - output of ifconfig before execution of pppd > ifconfig.after - output of "ifconfig -a" after execution of pppd > netstat.before - output of "netstat -rn" before execution of pppd > netstat.after - output of "netstat -rn" after execution of pppd > ping.local - output of ping to local address assigned by ISP > ping.remote - output of ping to remote address assigned by ISP > > I also tried User ppp as describe in both the book and the www.freebsd > handbook trying different options. I executed it with the command: > ppp -auto -alias demand > which should start ppp in the auto mode whcih should not connect until I > execute a command that needs the network. However, when I execute ping, > they hang as with pppd and the modem never dials. > > The following file are attached relative to User ppp: > > ppp.conf > ppp.linkup > ppp.out - output from execution of ppp > > Thanks in advance for your time and experience. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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