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From: rgonzale@mli-vtg.com (Robert Gonzales)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PPP Doesn't Work
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 1996 23:08:27 GMT
Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc.
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Here are my crucial files for try to get ppp to work. Please feel free
to tell me what I'm doing wrong. I am try to connect via ppp with my
service provider with dynamic addressing.
# HOSTS FILE
#
127.0.0.1 localhost metro
# I HAVE NO IP JUST MADE ONE UP
10.0.0.2 metro.mli-vtg.com metro www
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HOST.CONF
# $Id: host.conf,v 1.2 1993/11/07 01:02:57 wollman Exp $
# Default is to use the nameserver first
bind
# If that doesn't work, then try the /etc/hosts file
hosts
# If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line
# nis
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKS
#
metronet 127.0.0 # my generic IPt
metromsk 255.255.255 # subnet mask for metronett
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# PPP Configuration File
# PPP.CONF
default:
set device /dev/cuaa1
set speed 38400
set ifaddr 0 0
set timeout 0
set mru 1500
disable lqr
deny lqr
set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" ATE1Q0M0
OK-AT-OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT"
host:
#put the phone number you want to dial in place.
set phone 3430859
set login "ogin: myname ssword: mypassword 1500 \r"
add 0 0 HISADDR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# PPP.LINKKUP
MYADDR:
add 0 0 HISADDR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#To define your isp's name server.
# Resolve.conf
domain earthlink.net
search earthlink.net
nameserver 198.68.160.2
nameserver 204.157.3.2
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
#
# SYSCONFIG
# This is sysconfig - a file full of useful variables that you can set
# to change the default startup behavior of your system.
#
# $Id: sysconfig,v 1.14.4.5 1995/09/19 12:09:03 jkh Exp $
######################### Start Of Syscons Section
#######################
# Choose keyboard map from /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/* or NO if
default.
keymap=NO
# Set keyboard rate to: slow, normal, fast or NO if default.
keyrate=NO
# Change function keys default values (or no change if NO)
# Syntax: "<funkey_number> <new_value> [<funkey_number>
<new_value>]..."
keychange=NO
# Desired cursor type {normal|blink|destructive}, NO if no change
cursor=NO
# Choose screen map from /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps/* (or NO for
none)
scrnmap=NO
# Choose font 8x16 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO for default)
font8x16=NO
# Choose font 8x14 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO for default)
font8x14=NO
# Choose font 8x8 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO for default)
font8x8=NO
# Set blank time (in seconds) or "off" to turn it off (or NO for
default)
blanktime=NO
# Set to screen saver desired: blank, green, snake, star (or NO for
none)
saver=NO
# General russian setup for example:
# (koi8-r keyboard with cp866 screen font mapped to koi8-r)
#
# keymap=ru.koi8-r
# keyrate=fast
# keychange="61 [K"
# cursor=destructive
# scrnmap=koi8-r2cp866
# font8x16=cp866b-8x16
# font8x14=cp866-8x14
# font8x8=cp866-8x8
# blanktime=600
# saver=snake
######################### End Of Syscons Section
#######################
######################### Start Of Netconfig Section
#######################
# Set to the name of your host - this is pretty important!
hostname=metro.mli-vtg.com
# Set to the NIS domainname of your host, or NO if none
defaultdomainname=NO
#
# Some broken implementations can't handle the RFC 1323 and RFC 1644
# TCP options. If TCP connections randomly hang, try disabling this,
# and bug the vendor of the losing equipment.
tcp_extensions=YES
#
# Set to the list of network devices on this host. You must have an
# ifconfig_${network_interface} line for each interface listed here.
# for example:
#
# network_interfaces="ep0 lo0"
# ifconfig_ep0="inet 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00"
#
network_interfaces="lo0 ep0 tun0"
ifconfig_lo0="inet localhost netmask 0xffffff00"
ifconfig_ep0="inet 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00"
ifconfig_tun0="inet metro.mli-vtg.com 206.85.92.2 netmask 0xffffff00"
#
# Set to the list of route add lines for this host. You must have a
# route_${static_routes} line for each static route listed here.
#
static_routes="multicast loopback"
route_multicast="224.0.0.0 -netmask 0xffffff00 -interface ${hostname}"
route_loopback="${hostname} localhost"
# Set to the host you'd like set as your default router, or NO for
none.
defaultrouter=NO
# These are the flags you'd like to start the routing daemon with
routedflags="-s"
# timed flags, or NO if you don't want to start the time daemon
timedflags=NO
# xntpd flags, or NO if you don't want to start the xntpd daemon
xntpdflags="NO"
# this is inoperative unless xntpd is enabled; NO to disable
tickadjflags="-Aq"
# Set to the site you'd like to syncronize your clock from
(gatekeeper.dec.com,
# for example) or NO for no such site.
ntpdate="NO"
# Set to YES if you want to run rwhod
rwhod=NO
# Default sendmail flags. -bd is pretty mandatory, -q<n>m sets the
queue scan
# time in minutes. If set to NO, don't start sendmail at all.
sendmail_flags="-bd -q30m"
# Set to appropriate flags if you want to use AMD
amdflags="NO"
# Set to YES if this machine will be an NFS client
nfs_client=NO
# Set to YES if this machine will be an NFS server
nfs_server=NO
# Set to appropriate flags if you want to start NIS for a client
nis_clientflags="NO"
# Set to host to ypset to if you need to do that
nis_ypsetflags="NO"
# Set to appropriate flags if you want to start NIS for a server
nis_serverflags="NO"
# Set to appropriate flags for yppasswdd, if you wish to run it.
# Typical flags might be "-m /var/yp/master.passwd -s -f"
yppasswddflags="NO"
# Set to appropriate flags for named, if you have a full-time
# connection to the Internet.
# For most hosts, flags should be "-b /etc/namedb/named.boot"
namedflags="NO"
# Set to YES if you run PC-NFSD (see /usr/ports/net/pcnfsd) for
# sharing filesystems with DOS/Windows PCs.
pcnfsd="NO"
# Set to YES if you have the Apache WEB server (see
/usr/ports/net/apache)
# installed and want to run it at system startup time (this is better
than
# running it from inetd if you're running a dedicated WWW server).
apache_httpd="YES"
# Set to YES if you want to run the X-10 power controller daemon
xtend=NO
# Set to the name of the device for kernel crashdumps, or `off' to
# disable any statically configured dumpdev, or NO for no change.
# The device should normally be one of the swap devices specified
# in /etc/fstab.
dumpdev=NO
# Set to YES if you want kernel crashdumps to be saved for debugging
savecore=NO
# Set to YES if you want to run Kerberos authentication
kerberos_server=NO
# If you want this host to be a gateway, set to YES.
gateway="YES"
# Set to YES if you want to run gated
gated=NO
# Set to YES if you wish to check quotas. NOTE: For now this
probably
# doesn't work and should be left disabled.
check_quotas=NO
# Set to YES to turn on accounting. NOTE: For now this probably
# doesn't work and should be left disabled.
accounting=NO
######################### End Of Netconfig Section
#######################
######################### Start Of Misc Section
#######################
# Set to YES if you want ibcs2 (SCO) emulation loaded at startup
ibcs2=NO
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
)
#
rgonzale@mli-vtg.com (Robert Gonzales) wrote:
>Actually, that is pretty close of what's happening. I didn't metrion
>that when I start the ppp service I lose the ability to ping anything
>with or without names. And when I type show IPCP in the ppp program my
>connection is still going. Puzzling? But my routes look correct to me,
>but then again I don't know much about tcp/ip.
>Still working on getting those files posted of my hosts, networks,
>ppp.conf and ppp.linkup.
>james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) wrote:
>>In article <4trg08$c50@ecuador.it.earthlink.net>,
>>Robert Gonzales <rgonzale@mli-vtg.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>I am able to get a connection and login with my service provider. A
>>>Perfect Connection! The IPCP negotiations get my IP address, which is
>>>dynamically allocated. The gateway and DNS are set correctly, I got
>>>the numbers directly from the service provider. My log shows that I
>>>have the perfect connection.
>>>
>>>No errors. And still I am unable to communication via the internet. I
>>>can't ping, telnet, ftp, nothing. I followed the manuals and man
>>>pages. Could any tell me what could be happing? I know this account
>>>works because I can use it with my WIN95 tcpip stack.
>>Are you using names or IP addresses when pinging machines? Try using
>>IP addresses.
>>If IP addresses work and names don't, it must be a DNS problem. If
>>you can ping the machine you are connected to, but nothing else, you
>>are missing a "default route" (the output of 'netstat -rn' should show
>>a route from your IP address to 'default').
>>And if you can't ping anything at all, the connection has been lost. :-)
>>--
>>James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland
>>james@jraynard.demon.co.uk
>>http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/