From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 20 11:08:27 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id LAA03423 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:08:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from psln1.psln.com (psln.com [206.99.118.101]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id LAA03418 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:08:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from dkeller by psln1.psln.com via ESMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1042/951211.SGI.AUTO) for id LAA25657; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:02:15 -0800 Message-Id: <199612201902.LAA25657@psln1.psln.com> From: "Daniel Keller" To: "FreeBSD Questions Mailing List" Subject: ppp SIOCAIFADDR: File exists error Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:42:20 -0800 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk How do I switch to another window? I tryed pressing CTRL-Z then bg,then I typed ping- ping 206.155.61.100 PING 206.155.61.100 (206.155.61.100) : 56 data bytes then it just sits there until i press ctrl-c when it says that 100% of the packete were lost. Here are my config files: ####################ppp.conf########################## default: set device /dev/cuaa0 set speed 14400 disable lqr deny lqr disable pred1 deny pred1 set device /dev/cuaa0 set timeout 480 set dial "TIMEOUT 2 \"\" ATZ OK OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 30 CONNECT" set phone 5964379 set ifaddr 206.155.61.100/0 206.155.61.100 set login "login: dkeller Password: XXXXXX" #####################ppp.conf######################### #####################ppp.linkup####################### 206.155.61.100/0 delete 0 add 0 0 HISADDR #####################ppp.linkup######################## #####################resolv.conf######################## nameserver 199.4.94.1 nameserver 199.4.94.10 #####################resolv.conf######################## #####################host.conf######################### hosts bind #####################host.conf######################### #######################hostsf########################## 127.0.0.1 localhost 206.155.61.100/0 myhost.com #######################hostsf########################## #######################sysconfig########################## local_startup="/usr/local/etc/rc.d /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d" keymap="us.iso" keyrate=NO keychange=NO cursor=NO scrnmap=NO font8x16=NO font8x14=NO font8x8=NO blanktime=NO saver=NO hostname=myhost.com defaultdomainname=NO tcp_extensions=YES weak_mountd_authentication=NO network_interfaces="lo0 tun0" ifconfig_tun0="inet lampsoft.com 206.155.61.100 netmask 0xffffff00" ifconfig_lo0="inet localhost" routedflags=-s static_routes="" defaultrouter=NO router=routed routerflags=-q mrouted=NO timedflags=NO xntpdflags="NO" tickadjflags="-Aq" ntpdate="NO" rwhod=NO lpd=YES sendmail_flags="-bd" amdflags="NO" nfs_client=NO nfs_server=NO nis_clientflags="NO" nis_ypsetflags="NO" nis_serverflags="NO" yppasswddflags="NO" namedflags="NO" xtend=NO dumpdev=NO savecore=NO kerberos_server=NO gateway=NO firewall=NO check_quotas=NO accounting=NO apm_enable=NO pccard_enable=NO pccard_mem=DEFAULT pccard_ifconfig=NO ibcs2=NO linux=NO rand_irqs="NO" #######################sysconfig########################## Thanks again, I really appriciate the help! ------------------------------ dkeller@psln.com ------------------------------ ---------- > From: Jay Sachs > To: Daniel Keller > Subject: Re: chat dial script in ppp.conf > Date: Friday, December 20, 1996 7:33 AM > > Ah. Now I see. When you type "shell", that suspends PPP and runs the > child shell process. So at the prompt PPP is not currently > running. So, what you can do is one of two things: > > 1) Open another window and try from there. > > 2) If you're running /bin/csh as your shell, ctrl-Z out of PPP, then > quickly type "bg" so the PPP job is still running but in the > background. (look up the 'jobs', 'fg', and 'bg' commands if you don't > know them). > > Either way, the first thing you should try is to ping the IP address > of your nameserver (e.g. /usr/sbin/ping 208.192.43.22). > > If you can't ping the IP address of your nameserver, then PPP isn't > working yet. If you can, but can't ping a site by name, then > /etc/resolv.conf isn't set up right. > > -jay > > "Daniel Keller" writes: > > > > > Sorry to be vague, I just don't know what I'm talking about. > > what I ment by nothing is, it gives me the message, I press enter and am > > back at the > > "PPP ON hostname..>" prompt if I type shell then try to ftp or anything I > > get an error about the name server (sorry I can't give you the exact error, > > but I'm in win95 and it takes ma about 15min to exit, start FreeBSD try > > ppp, exit, start win95...) The reason I am using 0 0 is I don't know what > > my ip address will be, the server assigns me one. "What does friend mean to you? A word so wrongfully abused." -Frogs by Alice in Chains ------------------------------ dkeller@psln.com ------------------------------