Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 08:21:29 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@lan.Awfulhak.org> To: "Duke Normandin" <dnormandin@freewwweb.com> Cc: "Brian Somers" <brian@Awfulhak.org>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: Tun0 -- Too many idle timeout values Message-ID: <200005220721.IAA01485@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from "Duke Normandin" <dnormandin@freewwweb.com> of "Sun, 21 May 2000 13:37:58 MDT." <000201bfc363$f1b7dac0$71dba7d1@odie>
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Hmm, there's something strange going on.
You should be able to run ppp at the command line then at the prompt
type
set timeout 300
Given that this works, there must be something bogus in your config
file - maybe you've got non-ascii characters at the end of the line
or something ?
> On Sunday, May 21, 2000 5:37 AM Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> wrote:
>
>
> >set timeout has one or two arguments now. What exactly are you
> >trying to do ?
> >
>
> I gathered as much from the README.changes file. My requirements for
> ppp are minimal - I have a standalone system running 3.3R. I want to:
>
> 1. "off-line" use of sendmail/fetchmail/pine
> 2. use lynx occasionally
>
> My ppp.conf looks something like:
>
> default:
> blah
> blah
> isp1:
> set timeout 300
> blah
> isp2
> set timeout 300
>
> If I comment out the ` set timeout ` lines - the warnings go away!
> I've re-made tun0 as per the various instructions to insure that it
> was setup/working properly. I've editted all the other "support" files
> as per the instructions, as well as creating start_if.tun0. That's it!!
>
> Here's some relevant info:
>
> odie[v0]:root@/root# ifconfig -a
> lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> tun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet 10.0.0.1 --> 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00
> inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx --> yyy.yyy.yyy.yy netmask 0xffffff00
> sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
> ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
>
> odie[v0]:root@/root# netstat -I tun0
> Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Coll
> tun0 1500 <Link> 8 0 12 0 0
> tun0 1500 10/24 odie 8 0 12 0 0
> tun0 1500 none none 8 0 12 0 0
>
> -duke
>
> >> On Tuesday, May 16, 2000 12:47 AM Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> wrote:
> >> >> Would *you* know why I get the following at boot up and when I
> >> >> run ppp from the prompt:
> >> >>
> >> >> warning: Too many idle timeout values
> >> >> warning: set timeout: Failed 1
> >> >
> >> >Because your ppp.conf file is abusing the ``set timeout'' command.
> >> >Compare your usage with the ppp man page, and check README.changes in
> >> >the ppp source directory.
> >>
> >>
> >> I found the README.changes files -- even printed it out ;) I can't see
> >> *where* I'm blowing this. In order to get rid of the above warnings,
> >> I've had to comment out the `set timeout` line(s). My ppp.conf is almost
> >> a copy of what's in the various docs/examples etc. Any other ideas? Tia...
> >>
> >> -duke
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org>
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