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Date:      Thu, 14 Sep 2000 20:19:57 -0600
From:      Bert Hiddink <hiddink@galileo.or.cr>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Defaultrouter on Window box

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Hello, Ben,

Thanks for your advice!

Concerning:
>> Bert Hiddink wrote:
>> 
>> > I can not get my modem working from the FreeBSD box wit ppp. It keeps
>> > saying "Chat script failed" and then quits. The log file does not give
>> > any clues to me.
>> > 
>> > As an alternative, I though connecting my FreeBSD to a Window box which
>> > has a modem that works ok. The IP of this machine is: 192.168.1.20
>> > 
>> > The LAN (FreeBSD lap connected to Winbox) works ok. I followed the PPP
>> > guide of Sims: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/c30.html#AEN34
>> > 
>> > How should I edit rc.conf (or other) in order to tell the the FreeBSD
>> > box that the Windowbox has a dial-up connection to Internet?
>> 
>> Don't.  If Windows is even capable of acting as a router, I suspect it
>> wouldn't do a very good job.  Instead, get PPP working.  You should have
>> at least debug and chat logging enabled in ppp.conf (along with the
>> defaults, so just add "chat debug" to the end of the "set log" line if
>> they're not already there).  Also, you should post your ppp.conf file to
>> this list (with suitable editing to hide passwords) so that people might
>> be able to help.
>> 
>> Windows software may have given you the attitude to give up and not
>> bother if something doesn't work first time, but with FreeBSD things
>> generally work if you stick with it.

OK, so I'll stick to ppp!

I added "chat debug" to the "set log" line. However, this does not change anything. Still get the 
same message "Warning: chat script failed". And my /var/log/ppp.log file stays empty.

Here is my ppp.conf again:
#################################################################
# PPP  Sample Configuration File
# Originally written by Toshiharu OHNO
# Simplified 5/14/1999 by wself@cdrom.com
#
# $FreeBSD: src/etc/ppp/ppp.conf,v 1.2 1999/08/27 23:24:08 peter Exp $
#################################################################

default:

 #
 # Make sure that "device" references the correct serial port
 # for your modem. (cuaa0 = COM1, cuaa1 = COM2)
 #

 set device /dev/cuaa4

 set log Phase Chat LCP IPCP CCP tun command chat debug
 set speed 115200
 set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" AT OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT"

 set timeout 120
 set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0
 add default HISADDR
 enable dns

papchap:

 #
 # edit the next three lines and replace the items in caps with
 # the values which have been assigned by your ISP.
 #

 set phone ********
 set authname *******
 set authkey ********
########################3

Any ideas to help me further?

Many thanks in advance!

-brt


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