Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 12:54:11 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Kercher <mike@synwork.com> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp -auto problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970121125336.1286A-100000@synwork.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970121132742.00a58550@sentex.net>
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I've tried pinging the IP of the host router, telneting to that router and telneting elsewhere to no avail :) Mike ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Syn-Work Media, Inc. | WWW Development & Hosting | Life Safety http://www.synwork.com | Systems Integration | CCTV mike@synwork.com | Voice/Data/Fiber | Access Control Flaq on IRC | Dukane Distributor | BICSI/RCDD :|:|:|: Powered By FreeBSD :|:|:|: Turning PC's Into Workstations ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 09:18 AM 1/21/97 -0600, Mike Kercher wrote: > >I am still trying to keep my ppp connection up all the time (dedicated > >128k ISDN). I'll put my ppp.conf below... If I run 'ppp auto', the system > >logs in just fine. If I try running 'ppp -auto auto', it just sits there. > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > I get mine going by sending a packet out the interface... For example, if > the destination that you connect to is xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa, then try > ping -c 1 xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa > > for example, my rc.local looks like > > echo -n 'starting ppp auto' > /usr/sbin/ppp -auto bspro > /sbin/ping -c 1 xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa > > where xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa is the IP address of the computer I connect to... > > > ---Mike > >
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