From owner-freebsd-net Wed Feb 2 15:50: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (dynamic-51.max4-du-ws.dialnetwork.pavilion.co.uk [212.74.9.179]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 916F04331 for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2000 15:50:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA63300; Wed, 2 Feb 2000 23:50:08 GMT (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost.lan.Awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA03408; Wed, 2 Feb 2000 23:50:12 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200002022350.XAA03408@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "miv" Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: help PPPoE In-Reply-To: Message from "miv" of "Wed, 02 Feb 2000 10:46:04 PST." <200002021846.KAA09144@www.geocrawler.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 23:50:12 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > This message was sent from Geocrawler.com by "miv" > Be sure to reply to that address. > > i cant seem to get ppp to even to connect > i get this error when i start up ppp > > No default entry found in config file. > ppp [350]: Warning: Bad rule in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf > (line 9) -missing colon > ppp [350]: Warning: Bad rule in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf > (line 10) - missing colon. > > it goes on and on till (line 24)- missing clon. > what does this mean? and what am i doing wrong. > please HELP!! > > THANK you I don't wish to be rude, but how to you expect anyone to help you with syntax errors in a configuration file if you haven't attached the file ? It means what it says, there are missing colons in the file. Please re-read the man page and look at the examples in /usr/share/examples/ppp. If you still have problems, please repost the question with your ppp.conf file. > Geocrawler.com - The Knowledge Archive -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message