Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:51:10 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: David May <mayd@cygnus.uwa.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Q] Problem setting up user PPP over SSH. Message-ID: <199908171451.PAA00997@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 16 Aug 1999 21:57:23 %2B0800." <Pine.OSF.4.02.9908162130020.21859-100000@cygnus.uwa.edu.au>
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Upgrade to the latest version of ppp and it should work ok. You may
also want to ``set openmode passive'' on the client side to allow for
the potentially long delay in establishing the ssh connection.
> I am trying to get a VPN going by running user PPP over SSH
> as per the example in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf.sample
> but it does not seem to be working. It is failing
> in the PPP LCP negotiation phase. Can anybody provide more
> detailed example setup than is given in the default example
> configuration?
>
> I have no problems using either ssh nor ppp separately.
>
> One side is set to openmode active (the caller). It sends several
> LCP config requests but does not seem to get any responses. Then it
> quits due to "Exception detected on descriptor 2".
> The other side is set to openmode passive (the callee). It seems
> to be receiving and sending LCP config requests.
>
> My setup is
> FreeBSD 2.2.8 on one box
> FreeBSD 3.1 on the other box
> SSH 1.2.27 (not from Ports) on both
> Link is an Ethernet LAN
>
> I am getting a bit desparate at this stage.
> Any suggestions welcome.
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