From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 7 06:29:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA10649 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 06:29:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from aztec.co.za (aztec.co.za [196.7.70.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA10643 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 06:28:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from pcm.co.za [196.3.226.39] by aztec.co.za with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #2) id m0tugfQ-000arfC; Thu, 7 Mar 96 16:27 EET Received: from PCM1/MERC_Q by pcm.co.za (Mercury 1.21); 7 Mar 96 16:18:37 +2 Received: from MERC_Q by PCM1 (Mercury 1.21); 7 Mar 96 16:18:10 +2 From: "Irvine Short" Organization: Professional Computer Manufacturers To: amurai@spec.co.jp Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 16:18:04 +2 Subject: Re: User PPP working nicely, more questions now CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Irvine Short" X-pmrqc: 1 Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Message-ID: <7C55E494A7C@pcm.co.za> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi All Follow on from previous post: > > For anyone interested, I have included my ppp.conf and ppp.linkup > > although I'm not sure that ppp.linkup is doing anything at all. > Let me make sure. you mean you did set up default route by > ppp.linkup by peer but it seems NOT to work ? The default route is there, and it works but I am not sure if it is coming from this line in ppp.conf: add 0 255.255.255.0 196.7.70.129 or these lines in ppp.linkup: MYADDR: add 0 0 HISADDR In any case, it works. > > Problem 1: The user PPP on FreeBSD does not reinitialize the > > connection if the leased line goes down. The modem and cable are OK > > with CD working properly, as demonstrated by the SCO box working OK > > for over a year. > > Why don't you use a dedicate mode ? (i.e. ppp -dedicate ) > This mode will make your dream true ;-) If I type ppp -dedicate pm3-ct it tells me "what?" and that's that. If I do a telnet to 3000 ppp is not doing anything and if i make a ppp.secret file it does even less in that if I enter the password that I specify here nothing happens and I do not get the cursor back > > Even though I have set debug, I have no ppp.log file. > > Try do a touch /var/log/ppp.log, first. and make sure > directory is writeble. My own fault, sorry. I was looking in the /etc/ppp directory. > > Question 2: > > > > If I am using a leased line modem, did I do the right thing in just > > removing the \\T for the phone number in the set dial command? > > Whenever you invoke a ppp as -dedicate mode, you don't need to > any dail profile string. > > Good luck and let me know your answer for my question. When I get it working, that is. Thank you very much for your help so far. Regards, Irvine Short http://www.pcm.co.za/homepage/ishort/irv_home.html Technical Support Engineer Professional Computer Manufacturers Amalgamated House, Jordaan St Cape Town, South Africa Tel: ++27-21-235084 Fax ++27-21-235089