Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 08:09:14 +0100 From: jg@euronet.nl (Jan_Guldemond) To: bmk@dtr.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Setting up a PPP server. Message-ID: <199503240709.IAA20653@mail.euronet.nl>
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>Sounds like your problem is that you need to properly configure your
>
>ports to handle dialin. After that you should be able to proceed with
>setting up a PPP server.
>
>I have recently set up a PPP server on FreeBSD 2.0, so I should be able
>to help you through most of it. It's not always obvious what you need
>to do, so I'll review the steps as I remember them.
>
>[ note - I am _not_ a UNIX guru... there may be (and likely are) better
>and more efficient ways of doing this. It works for me. YMMV. ]
>
>* Configure your ports. I use a script /etc/rc.serial, which is called
>by rc.local - this sets up the default configuration of my ports:
>
>|#!/bin/sh
>|
>|# port 0 is serial mouse
>|
>|# port d is 14.4 modem on private line
>|for port in d
>|do
>| stty -f /dev/cual0${port} crtscts speed 57600 cs8 -parenb > /dev/null
>| stty -f /dev/cuai0${port} crtscts speed 57600 cs8 -parenb > /dev/null
>| stty -f /dev/ttyld${port} crtscts speed 57600 cs8 -parenb > /dev/null
>| stty -f /dev/ttyid${port} crtscts speed 57600 cs8 -parenb > /dev/null
>|done
>|
>|# ports 1-c are 28.8 modems on main hunt group
>|for port in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c
>|do
>| stty -f /dev/cual0${port} crtscts speed 115200 cs8 -parenb > /dev/null
>| stty -f /dev/cuai0${port} crtscts speed 115200 cs8 -parenb > /dev/null
>| stty -f /dev/ttyld${port} crtscts speed 115200 cs8 -parenb > /dev/null
>| stty -f /dev/ttyid${port} crtscts speed 115200 cs8 -parenb > /dev/null
>|done
>
>* Add the ports to /etc/ttys with entries like the following:
>
>|ttydd "/usr/libexec/getty dial.57600" vt100 on
>
>dial.57600 corresponds to an entry in my /etc/gettytab. You won't have
>one unless you create it. Use whatever is approprate for your modems.
>Make sure you use ttyd* devices, _not_ tty0* or cua0*.
>
>* Configure your modems to auto-answer. If you are using Hayes
>compatible modems, use 'ATS0=1&W'. Your modems may require other
>configuration, but I can't help you with that unless I know what you
>have. In general, make sure your modem does RTS/CTS flow control,
>locks the baud rate, properly responds to DTR, and asserts CD properly.
>
>* Do a 'kill -HUP 1' to force init to re-read your /etc/ttys file and
>spawn new gettys.
>
>You should be able to dial in to your machine now. Try logging in and
>make sure that everything is working fine.
>
>Once that's working, you can set up your ppp server stuff. Your next
>steps will depend on whether or not you want to do dynamic or static
>address assignment. I assume that you'll probably want to do static -
>it's easiest, and since there's only two users it's probably best. (I
>have configured mine for dynamic allocation - I can help with that's what
>you want to do).
>
>Set up accounts for each PPP login. Set the shell to /usr/libexec/pppd.
>Set up system-wide options in /etc/ppp/options (refer to the pppd man
>page if you need help - if you can give me more details about what you
>want, I can give you more guidance.
>
>In the each home directory, set up a .ppprc that contains the local and
>remote IP address in the following format: local_ip:remote_ip. Use
>dotted quads.
>
>If you are not running routed or gated, you may need write a script so
>that your system will discover the routes. Don't run routed unless you
>have no other options.
>
>For the freebsd-questions people: If there's enough interest, I'd be
>willing to contribute my experience setting up dynamic IP allocation to
>a FAQ or HOWTO.
I hope you can make something like a FAQ, or if not please send me some
info. I'm trying to set up a SLIP server (as soon as it runs I will try a
PPP-server). But I think that the idea of dynamic IP adresses is the same
for both. I can set up the SLIP server using the DOC's and FAQ's, but I
can't find anything about dynamic IP-adresses.
Thank!
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