Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 20:17:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Hans-Joachim Gurt <gurt@mail.nacamar.de> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PPP Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970108201608.8085M-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.970108171939.1855A-100000@beauty.nacamar.de>
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Hans-Joachim Gurt wrote: > Hello, > > seems I'm not alone with my PPP-Problems... > > I have the PPP from FreeBSD 2.1.5, from walnut-creek-CDROM, Aug.96. > I can enter the term-command, and tell my modem to dial - all > by hand. It will connect ok, PPP at the dialin-machine starts, > and I can login there - but only while staying in PPP. > (Documentation say, I should open a telnet in _another_ virt.console) > > Problems: > - connecting via commandline and ppp.conf > doesn't work properly: it dials out, waits, than hangs up. Your login script is probably wrong, or your authentication info is wrong. Try setting 'set debug chat' and see /var/log/ppp.log. > - The other virtual consoles don't know about the connection, > while it is up. > "add 0 0 HISADDR" in PPP.conf (or .linkup) does not > add a route, and while I'm in PPP-term-mode, I cannot > issue this command. > And getting out of term-mode closes the connection :-( That's not right. It sounds like your ISP wants PAP authentication and you don't have it enabled properly. See the 'papsite' profile in ppp.conf, and ask your ISP. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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