Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 23:11:56 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD to FreeBSD dialin configuration Message-ID: <005701bffaf0$eb23a4e0$837e03cb@DOUGY>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Would someone please enlighten me as to what hocus pocus is involved in getting a FreeBSD to FreeBSD dialup connection to authenticate ?? The situation is a remote LAN (various Win9x systems with a FreeBSD gateway) connecting via dialup modem to another FreeBSD box with a permanent modem connection to the net. It seems a Win98 to FreeBSD dialup connection is quite straightforward, but achieving the same thing with FreeBSD to FreeBSD is near impossible. So far I've spent days trying everything hinted at in extremely terse docs without achieving anything but a huge phone bill. Neither getty nor mgetty works like its supposed to ... the remote machine picks up the incoming call but drops the line after a few seconds. I've currently got mgetty debug set at 9 but all that tells me is a lot of rubbish about fax errors (despite all the fax lines being commented out). I've had the link working for some time using Win2000 dialup to FreeBSD, but hoping to improve the reliability by replacing the Win2000 system with FreeBSD. I've been trying to use user-ppp for both links due to the very handy "-ddial" function ... unfortunately it looks like I'll need to stick with Win2000 for this job unless someone can provide some insights as to what's needed to make it work properly with FreeBSD. [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.3800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Would someone please enlighten me as to what hocus pocus is involved in</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>getting a FreeBSD to FreeBSD dialup connection to authenticate ??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The situation is a remote LAN (various Win9x systems with a FreeBSD gateway) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>connecting via dialup modem to another FreeBSD box with a permanent modem </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>connection to the net. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>It seems a Win98 to FreeBSD dialup connection is quite </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>straightforward, but </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>achieving the same thing with FreeBSD to FreeBSD is near </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>impossible.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So far I've spent days trying everything hinted at in extremely terse docs without</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>achieving </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>anything but a huge phone bill. Neither getty nor mgetty works like its </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>supposed </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>to ... the remote machine picks up the incoming call but drops the line </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>after a </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>few seconds. I've curr</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>ently got mgetty debug set at 9 but all that tells me </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>is a lot </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>of rubbish about fax errors (despite all the fax lines being commented out). </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've had the link working for some time using Win2000 dialup to FreeBSD, but hoping to</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>improve the reliability by replacing the Win2000 system with FreeBSD. I've been trying </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to use user-ppp for both links due to the very handy "-ddial" function ... unfortunately it</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>looks like I'll need to stick with Win2000 for this job unless someone can provide some </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>insights as to what's needed to make it work properly with FreeBSD.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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