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From: rob@Simplex.simplex.nl (Rob Simons)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD pppd <--> Win95 Dial-up
Date: 2 Nov 1995 20:13:59 GMT
Organization: Simplex networking Amsterdam
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Chris Stenton (jacs@gnome.co.uk) wrote:
: Charles Anderson (cander@cimsim.IEOR.Berkeley.EDU) wrote:
: : 
: : Does anyone know what options one needs to configure in either pppd or
: : Win95 dial-up networking to get the two to talk?  I'm trying to dial in
: : from Win95 into a BSD ISP, but haven't met with any luck.  Win95 claims
: : the two systems could not negotiate a protcol.  The ppp log on Win95
: : shows Win95 rejecting every magic number that is offered.  I've tried
: : it with both a fixed address and with the client expecting an address
: : from the BSD server, but neither one works.  The Win95 stuff can
: : connect to other ISP's, so I think most/all of the SW should be
: : correctly loaded on the Win95 system.
: : 
: : Any suggestions?
: : 

: my method is to have a user like this  on the FreeBSD box

: pjacs:*:202:20:Chris Stenton - PPP:/nonexistent:/usr/local/bin/ppplogin


: where /usr/local/bin/ppplogin is just


: #!/bin/sh

: PATH=/usr/sbin:/bin:.:/usr/bin:

: /usr/sbin/pppd passive


: On the Win95 side use a fixed address; also make sure that
: Enable-software-compression is switched off in the Server Types
: dialogue box.

I don't have any problem with Windows 95, it's working fine, with
dynamic IP adresses.
I think the shell script login above is overkill, it will take more
memory than just a plain
pjacs:*:202:20:Chris Stenton - PPP:/etc/ppphome:/usr/sbin/pppd
entry. (or swap space)
There's a WWW page somewhere which describes what to do at the 
Win95 side of the connection. It's at www.win95.com or something 
with windows in it.

- Rob.

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