Return to BSD News archive
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!not-for-mail
From: smm@uunet.uu.net (Steve Mansfield)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I setup for PPP dailup? - more help needed!
Date: 5 Jun 1995 11:20:06 -0400
Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church VA USA
Lines: 38
Message-ID: <3qv7b6$8ni@rodan.UU.NET>
References: <3qrofn$oq7@news1.best.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net
In article <3qrofn$oq7@news1.best.com>,
Etienne Finet <efinet@insist.com> wrote:
>I finally have the FreeBSD 2.0 running.
>I have installed a 28.8KB modem.
>What are the steps I have to take to get
>this system connected to my Internet
>provider.
>How do I setup the PPP dailer?
>I am quite new in this but I want to get this
>working!
Well, I can help abit here, but have some problems myself.
I'm using /etc/pppd. The man page is mostly useful, with 2 noteable
exceptions:
1) You *must* have a /etc/ppp/options file. It will not work if you
don't, even if you include all necessary options in the command line, it
will complain that the file doesn't exist.
2) pppd will never tell the modem to dial, even with a properly set up
chat script, unless you use -v.
Now, for my problems (and if anyone can explain the above behaivior, be
it my stupidity or undocumented "features" please, feel free!). I can
get my IP link itself up just fine, address negotiation takes place, and
the default route is set up and I can get out and about....for about 30
seconds, after which the link just hangs. I thought it was line noise at
my house at first, but I eliminated the line noise and the behaivior
persists. Does pppd use LQM? The netblazer on the other end of my link
will not recognize LQM, but after some traces on the interface on the
netblazer, there was no sign of any lqm packets. We may have missed them
however. Help!
Steve Mansfield |Seen my diary on the newsstand seems we've lost the truth
smm@uunet.uu.net |To quicksand it's a shame no one is praying, cause these
|Voices in my head keep saying love, just don't stare
|Dream Theater - Voices - Awake