Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 22:00:52 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Sean Heiney" <onet@shianet.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP problems Message-ID: <199801252200.WAA04376@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 24 Jan 1998 23:18:50 EST." <002701bd2948$59fd5280$5c9b36d1@sean>
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> Hello,
> =20
> I recentally set up FreeBSD(2.2.5-RELEASE) on my home system. In my =
> efforts to set up ppp (dial up/dynamic ip address) I have got pretty =
> far. I'm sure I have all my conf files setup correctally. I've double =
> checked them. I set up my script to connect to my ISP, and it works. It =
> will go into packet mode and successfully connect. At this point, I =
> type "shell" in the ppp program after I dialed, to be able to execute =
> commands while in the same terminal. As far as I know, when I'm =
> connected, FreeBSD doesn't know that I'm connected. When I try to "ping =
> rs.internic.net" or any other server, I get an error message along the =
> lines of "host not found" or "destination not reachable" or something =
> like that. I'm not sure of the exact error message. The point is that I =
> can not contact any other hosts while I'm connected. I have my =
> nameservers setup right, and my resolv.conf, and every other conf file =
> according to the FreeBSD handbook on PPP setup. What are the possible =
> causes of this problem?
When you type `shell', you suspend ppp execution until you exit the
shell.
The current ppp warns about this when it spawns the command. You
also should make sure that your ``ppp.linkup'' contains the required
``add 0 0 HISADDR''.
> Thanks alot,
> =20
>
> Sean Heiney (sean@owosso.net)
Oh, and it's easier for everyone if you post in plain text rather
than html :-)
--
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