Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 07:37:35 -0400 (EDT) From: BEAUPRE Antoine <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Little PPP stupid probs... Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980919072557.27867A-100000@derby.jsp.umontreal.ca> In-Reply-To: <199809182314.AAA02868@woof.lan.awfulhak.org>
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On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Brian Somers wrote: > > Sorry about this crap... I'm behaving like a lazy beginner, sorry. > > > > I tried to use ppp's term command to log in and effectively remarked that > > my chat script wasn't correct. So here is my little session: > [.....] > > ppp ON outpost> > > PPP ON outpost> Warning: Del route failed: 0.0.0.0: Non-existent > > // I don't understand this ast message... > > // I then wait a few minutes and it simply disconnects... > > PPP ON outpost> fetchmail: no other fetchmail is running > > Can't connect to audio server > > > > ppp ON outpost> q > > This looks good. I suspect the above error is caused by a line > saying something like ``delete 0'' in /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup. This > should not be a problem. If you want to keep the line, change it to > ``delete! 0'' - the ``!'' tells ppp to ``just do it and shut up''. This is my ppp.linkup: -------------------------------- MYADDR: delete 0 add 0 0 HISADDR --------------------------------- OK. It's been quite a while since I setup ppp, and even then I only understood a thin layer of what I needed, so is this file correct? Why should I need to delete/keep the 'delete 0' line? > As you've got the ``PPP'' (capitals) prompt, you've successfully > authenticated. > > This doesn't necessarily mean you've negotiated IPCP yet (this is the > ``layer'' that lets you transfer IP traffic over the link), but if > the ``delete 0'' error message from above is comming from something > in ppp.linkup, it means that IPCP works ok. If in doubt, add IPCP > logging (``set log +ipcp'') to see how that side of things fairs. As I said, my log seems to be screwed, but I'll try again. > My guess is that you haven't got a line in ppp.linkup that says > > add 0 0 HISADDR > > or > > add default HISADDR > > They both do the same thing - and are necessary to say ``send > traffic down this link by default''. Well, my guess would be more like: I have it, but it's not a the good place... > The disconnect is probably due to the inactivity timer. Probably. It's quite long... > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > I guess I'm missing some info about that ISP... > > Check that /etc/resolv.conf contains lines saying > > nameserver x.x.x.x > > where x.x.x.x is your ISPs DNS - you can have lots of these lines. There it is: nameserver 132.204.2.103 nameserver 132.204.2.102 > Appart from this, there's no other ISP information that needs to be > entered (except maybe when configuring mail). Sure? Not even some IP's or gateways or masks or domainnames, it seems like chinese right now... > > Sorry again for being so imprecise... > > > > There's one other thing... This last try in term mode didn't issue any > > log. Is it nmormal? > > No. It should always write to the log unless you ``set log'' with > values that prevent it. Bear in mind too, you can ``set log local > ...'' to see stuff displayed on the screen instead of (or as well as) > the log file. Good! I'll try that! > I reckon your best bet at this point is to get the latest ppp from > > http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html > > Ppp now remembers the ``add default hisaddr'' line so you can just > put it in ppp.conf and forget about it (it's not required in > ppp.linkup). It's also got lots of new features and is generally > more robust than older versions. Hmmm... is it really worth it? I got a really poor connection, and I wouldn't want to waste precious connection time...:( > The latest version has some pretty precise information on connecting > to your ISP in the man page and has a much more detailed > ppp.conf.sample too. more and more interesting...:) What I will do: - retry ppp in term mode w/o the delete 0 line. - add more logging on the line... - report to the list... - Maybe install the new ppp - Come back to report... Thanks! +-----------------------------------+ | Free the world from businessmen | | Free yourself from your money | +-----------------------------------+ Free the web. Spidey visit: http://www.JSP.UMontreal.CA/~beaupran To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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