From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Mar 5 18:55:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA03906 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 18:55:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@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 SAA03844; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 18:55:18 -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 CAA18269; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 02:27:23 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199803060227.CAA18269@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mgetty and iij-ppp In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 04 Mar 1998 11:29:09 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 02:27:23 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Hi > > I'm trying to use mgetty (v1.0) to drive ppp (as explained in the > handbook : I've recompiled mgetty with AutoPPP support). I'm using > FreeBSD v2.2.5, installed from a CDROM. > > I've got a problem : the initial connection (from a W**-95 client) is > done all right (I can ping an machine from the client through the > Ethernet I/F of my FreeBSD machine), but ppp does not stop after the > end of the connection. Thus, mgetty is never awakened, and I can't > make another connection from the client to the FreeBSD server (because > ppp does not know how to answer the modem call). > > Do I need to patch ppp, so that it "exit()s" when the ppp connection > is over or is there a newer version of ppp ? (or am I missing some > black magic in the configuration files ?) > > Thanks in advance As others have already said, ppp in 2.2.5 if broken in this respect. You can get the latest version from http://www.FreeBSD.org/~brian. > TfH > > Work : thierry.herbelot@telspace.alcatel.fr > Home : thierry.herbelot@wanadoo.fr -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message