Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 15:04:14 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP question Message-ID: <199712231504.PAA10769@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 20 Dec 1997 12:23:55 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.971220121454.23025A-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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What does ``netstat -rn'' say on both boxes both before and after the connection has been established ? Also, take a look at http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/userppp.html for some of the usual `gotcha's. > Hi, > > I just got one of those little WinCE palmtops, and I want to get net > access with it by plugging it into the serial port of both my home and > work FBSD machines. > > The problems I'm having are: > > 1. It's not really happy with a direct connection; it prefers a modem, so > the login is rather clunky. I'd like to have a serial port ready for a > PAP login with no initial user login. The CE machine would be pretty > happy with that. What's the best way to spawn PPP on the serial port of > the FBSD boxes? > > 2. When I was playing around with it, I could successfully login by > spawning a getty on a serial port. I logged in as user "ppp" and quickly > killed the post-dial term screen on the CE box (it hangs if you start > seeing the PPP stuff). I had a simple ppp.conf that assigned an address > on the same subnet as the FBSD box and handed out NS info. I also > included "enable proxy". An ifconfig showed that it was proxy ARP-ing, > but I could only ping hte CE machine from the PPP server. arp -a on other > machines on the same wire did not show an entry for the CE machine. What > might I have missed? > > I looked at the PPP pages, but the example tend more towards dial-out. > I'm new to user-ppp, so be gentle :) > > Charles Sprickman > spork@super-g.com > ---- > "I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man > Just a mortal with potential of a superman > I'm living on" -DB > -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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