From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 24 11:28:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA17814 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 11:28:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (230.hiper01.shef.dialup.force9.net [195.166.132.230] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA17789 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 11:28:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA09530; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 19:27:41 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199803241927.TAA09530@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Marko Ruban cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: automatic PPP dialing In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:14:28 EST." <35174134.3A50C1@cybernex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 19:27:40 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Something strange is happening with ppp / pppd. > > I can go into ppp and use term to dial and connect with no problems, > but when I try to dial automatically, using -ddial option or dial > command it just stops, and a couple min later gives me an error, > something about DialModem failing. Tried simplifying the DialScript in > /etc/ppp.conf, but no effect. > Also tried another approach, compiling pppd support into the kernel: > that does dial, but not the right number at all, and after modem > disconnects, bootup crashes and restarts. > BTW, I appreciate your help with remote root login, I have no more > trouble with that :) Enable `chat' logging to see where the auto-dial differs from your `term' session. > Marko -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message