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Subject: Re: dialup PPP problems with FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE
In-Reply-To: <199708010545.WAA05113@mail-gw.pacbell.net> from Daniel McKee at "Jul 31, 97 10:38:29 pm"
To: danielmc@pacbell.net (Daniel McKee)
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Daniel McKee writes:
> Hello.  For some reason, I can't seem to get the settings right for BSD to
> link-up with my ISP (Pacbell Internet).  Here's my config;
> my IP: dynamicly addressed to me
> gateway: also dynamicly addressed to me? (Windows 95 reports to me that my
> gateway ip is the same as mine) (but with UNIX it reports a 206.171.138.2
> to me? )
> my dns ip (the only one that stays the same) 206.13.31.12
> my hostname usually looks something like
> (danielmc-dialupPPP-?.?.?.?.pacbell.net) or something like that
>
> ok, can you help me with what settings to set in what file, and what I am
> doing wrong? I can get packets going back and forth between me and my
> server, but the DNS does NOT resolve any names, but I can ping anything by
> IP....  and after about 3 mins, routed, gives me this funky error and
> shutsdown my IP and closes the connection.....
> PLEASE HELP...thanks.... (Oh, and if it helps any, my PPP account works
> fine in win 95)

Check with netstat -rn if you have a default route.  For example:

+ $ netstat -rn
+ Routing tables
+ 
+ Internet:
+ Destination        Gateway            Flags     Refs     Use     Netif Expire
+ default            139.130.136.129    UGSc        8      208      tun0

This one.  Note the Netif field.  It should be tun0.

If you don't have a default entry, check your /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup
file.  It should contain the lines:

MYADDR:
 add 0 0 HISADDR

You can also add the route manually, but that's a pain:

+ # ifconfig tun0
+ tun0: flags=8151<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,PROMISC,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
+         inet 139.130.136.133 --> 139.130.136.129 netmask 0xffffffc0 
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                   This one 
+ # route add default 139.130.136.129 

Greg