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Date:      Wed, 8 Jan 1997 20:17:46 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Hans-Joachim Gurt <gurt@mail.nacamar.de>
Cc:        "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: PPP
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970108201608.8085M-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.970108171939.1855A-100000@beauty.nacamar.de>

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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Hans-Joachim Gurt wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> seems I'm not alone with my PPP-Problems...
> 
> I have the PPP from FreeBSD 2.1.5, from walnut-creek-CDROM, Aug.96.
> I can enter the term-command, and tell my modem to dial - all 
> by hand.  It will connect ok, PPP at the dialin-machine starts,
> and I can login there - but only while staying in PPP.
> (Documentation say, I should open a telnet in _another_ virt.console)
> 
> Problems:
> - connecting via commandline and ppp.conf
>   doesn't work properly: it dials out, waits, than hangs up.

Your login script is probably wrong, or your authentication info is wrong.
Try setting 'set debug chat' and see /var/log/ppp.log.

> - The other virtual consoles don't know about the connection,
>   while it is up.
>   "add 0 0 HISADDR"  in PPP.conf (or .linkup) does not 
>   add a route, and while I'm in PPP-term-mode, I cannot 
>   issue this command.  
>   And getting out of term-mode closes the connection :-(

That's not right.  It sounds like your ISP wants PAP authentication and
you don't have it enabled properly.  See the 'papsite' profile in
ppp.conf, and ask your ISP.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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