From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 23 00:09:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA05743 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:09:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA05738 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:09:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id AAA15661 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:09:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA22373; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 23:09:28 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 23:09:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Pete McNab cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP connect/routing help In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Pete McNab wrote: > So, the problem currently: I am running FreeBSD 2.1.0 with a Cyrix > 6x86-166 motherboard. Before, I was able to connect via PPP, but > didn't have my routing right. Now, the routing looks happy, but my > PPP connection is not coming up, even though my dialin script is > good. Any help would be appreciated, as I have been trying to > fix this myself for about a week. I have read the handbook, and looked > for resources. (As an aside...anyone know where in the SF bay area > I can buy the Complete FreeBSD book?) You can order it from Walnut Creek CDROM -- shouldn't take too long to get to you since it's near there. > The tun0 device has been configured correctly. I have rebuilt the > kernel, but only to uncomment the ATAPI and comment the nonexistant > items. If I start ppp by doing 'ppp -auto slip' it will try to > dial out when I attempt to ping an external system. > > When I connect manually, I get dial OK! and login OK! but the > ppp prompt never changes to PPP, and after a minute or so it > hangs up. > > My ISP's gateway is 204.160.88.1, and I am assigned a dynamix IP in the > range 206.14.x.x. The DNS servers are at 204.160.88.10 and .11. > Here are my files: Ask you ISP if they require PAP or CHAP authentication. If they do, copy the relevant bits from the papsite / chapsite profiles into your slip profile. > And relevant portions from /etc/sysconfig: > > hostname="steelhead.slip.net" > network_interfaces="tun0 lo0" > ifconfig_tun0="inet 0 204.160.88.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" NO! NO! NO! Do not configure tun0, ppp will do it for you! Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major