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Date:      Fri, 28 May 1999 16:28:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Shaun Courtney <shaun@emma.eng.uct.ac.za>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG, laurief@eng.uct.ac.za
Subject:   Re: user ppp, leased line, getty on server
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905281626520.11808-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19990528234959.A53008@emma.eng.uct.ac.za>

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On Fri, 28 May 1999, Shaun Courtney wrote:

> We are trying to connect two leased line analog modems using user ppp.
> (2-wire modems.) Running on -stable as of last week. 
> 
> We know the modems work, because they have been previously set up
> between another ISP and us (us being the client) and it worked. All
> we need do was run "ppp -dedicated -alias" and it ran...
> 
> The modems connect (deskport p 28.8) and using "cu -l /dev/cuaa1
> -s 38400" and "cu -l /dev/cuaA02 -s 38400" on the server, characters
> on the server appear in the clients window.
> 
> The question is what do we have to do on the server to get it to
> work, i.e. run ppp on the line?
> 
> I have tried to set up getty on the port: from /etc/ttys 
> cuaA02 "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400"  dialup on insecure 
> Killed init kill -1 1 and getty runs but never runs
> /usr/local/sbin/ppplogin. This has been set up using Method 2 in
> the ppp man page. I've left out the chap and pap auth. since the
> line is leased point-to-point.
> 
> I've tried mgetty, but this hogs the line and the modem never reconnect :(

Well, mgetty and -dedicated are mutually exclusive.  Kill mgetty and
take it out of /etc/ttys, then launch your ppp.

Why run a getty if these are hardwired together?

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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