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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!op.net!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!ix.netcom.com!news From: Mark Hodges <mehodges@ix.netcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD and PPP dialup with Netcom Netcruiser account... Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 00:52:43 +0000 Organization: Netcom Lines: 45 Message-ID: <32EBFC5B.41C67EA6@ix.netcom.com> References: <pigdogE48q4C.2L9@netcom.com> <32E58839.41C67EA6@ix.netcom.com> <pigdogE4L33K.5Ep@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: boi-id2-08.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Jan 27 1:54:17 AM CST 1997 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34526 Pigdog from SF Bay wrote: > > Mark Hodges (mehodges@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > > : *** From /etc/ppp/ppp.conf *** > : default: > : set device /dev/cuaa0 > : set speed 115200 > : set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" ATE1M0Q0 > : OK-AT-OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT" > : # > : netcom: > : set phone <whatever> > : set login "TIMEOUT 5 login:-\\r-login: #your_userid word your_password" > : set timeout 12000 > : set ifaddr 0 163.179.104/0 > > [the rest deleted...] > > Mark, thanks a bunch for your config files! After using your config > files, I was able to log onto Netcom without a problem, just as if > I were to do it manually. However, after I go into Packet Mode and > am put back at the ppp command line prompt, thing still don't seem to > work. > > Now, technically, if I throw the ppp process into the background (Ctrl-Z > and then bg) I should be able to ping sites on the Internet, yes? I > can't ping anything at this point. I even tried "shell ping netcom.com" > while still inside the ppp interface, but to no avail. > > Possibly I have tun0 setup wrong in my sysconfig file. Could someone > send me a copy of what mine should look like? Or any other ideas? > Am I still not initiating something properly with ppp after I'm successfully > logged into my provider, and am in "Packet Mode"? > > Thanks a bunch, guys/gals! > Glad I could help -- sorry I forgot about sysconfig. The following works for me... ifconfig_tun0 "inet [your_ip_here] 163.179.104.2 netmask 0xffffff00" mark --