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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!news.ci.com.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.igcom.net!terra.igcom.net!david From: david@terra.igcom.net (David B. Bauman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: PPP Dialin Problems Date: 20 Feb 1996 14:17:53 GMT Organization: InterGlobal Communications Lines: 40 Message-ID: <4gcl6h$ibt@moon.igcom.net> References: <4g9rk8$96o@fenris.com> <4g9vhl$sr0@moon.igcom.net> <4gc991$sbj@fenris.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: terra.igcom.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Eric Hake (eric@centercomp.com) wrote: : >First, do you have the PPP user defined in /etc/ppp.sys, and if you do, : >is it correct? : Yes, I have it defined, (and I have redefined it many ways, all with : the same results) -- : /etc/ppp.sys contains: : cntrlnP:\ : :di:\ : :li=/etc/netscripts/Pdialin.login:\ : :lu=/etc/netscripts/Pdialin.up:\ : :ld=/etc/netscripts/Pdialin.down: : I have tried: : cntrlnP:di:if=inet local.ip.num.here remote.ip.num.here: : and several variations... : I have checked the ppp.sys for any glitches with a fine tooth comb, : and also looked for extra spaces -- none found. : One glitch that may cause a problem that I didn't think about is that : I have a outgoing PPP connection going on ppp0, which works great! I : just want to add a single modem so I can dialin to this system, and : route packets through it to the outgoing PPP... is this possible? : Thanks for any suggestions! : Eric If you have multiple IPs available to you, and you do have more than 1 ppp interface defined in your kernel, and have the PPPuser in the netdial group you should have no problems. Feel free to send over your /etc/netscripts/.up .down .login files. David Bauman