From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 20 06:45:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA28039 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 06:45:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA28027 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 06:45:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA07731; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:31:21 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199802201431.OAA07731@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Mike Poore cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 19 Feb 1998 17:22:05 EST." <34ECB08D.AF5B3C03@wilmington.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:31:20 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > in ppp.conf i put : > default: > set device /dev/cuaa0 > set speed 115200 > login: michaelp pass: roces1 > phone 763-6586 ???? Is this really exactly what you've got in ppp.conf ? Have you looked at ppp.conf.sample ? > i typed > ppp -auto -alias pmdemand > it said: > Destination system not found in conf file There's no ``pmdemand'' label in your config file. > No default entry is given in conf file Have you indented the lines as it says in the man page and in the ppp*example files ? > No password entry for this host in ppp.secret If you're running with a ppp from FreeBSD 2.2.5 or before, you'll need to set a password for accessing ppp. Again, read the manual page about this. > can u give me an example of /etc/ppp/ppp.conf correctly? also do i need > ppp.secret? ppp.conf.sample is a sample ppp.conf. > thanks... and by the way i tried to do it with the handbook on your > handbook page but was unable to.. can anyone give me some help? But the handbook gives example configuration lines. You don't seem to be trying to use any of them..... > thanks again > Mike All the current documentation and sources are pointed at from http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html. There are piles of examples and oodles of documentation. The FAQ section tells you how to set up logging and figure out what's going wrong. -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message