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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with PPP
Date: 14 May 1997 09:26:38 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <33789BE5.3344@dsi.bc.ca>,
Christoff Snijders <christoff_snijders@dsi.bc.ca> writes:
> Hi all!
>
> I recently received my 2.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD CD,
> and installed the OS from scratch on my BSD box,
> eliminating the 2.1.0-RELEASE I had there before (I
> have backups of the data I really need to keep).
>
> I'm not a UNIX ace but I made it through the pain
> of getting the user-process PPP to work and dial up
> my ISP on FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE, and I can get PPP
> to dial and connect with my ISP on 2.2.1-RELEASE,
> but I can't access the net ("no route to host").
>
> It has been a while since I last tried to get PPP
> to work, so I wouldn't be surprised if I've
> forgotten something. Also, the html manual says
> that before you begin you need to have (amongst
> other things):
>
> * the IP address of the ISP's gateway
>
> * the range of IP adresses your allocated IP
> address falls in, if your ISP allocated addresses
> dynamically (which mine does)
>
> The manual does not, however, tell you what to do
> with these two bits of information. I also
> couldn't find the answer in the FAQs.
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Yep. Take a look at the handbook on www.freebsd.org
again. I updated it a couple of days ago :)
It now says that you don't *really* need to know
the range of IPs - you can accept any IP if you
like.
> Thanks for any help,
> Christoff Snijders
I think your problem is with the (wrong) ppp.conf.sample
file. Don't use HISADDR - it's not available in ppp.conf
(I must make ppp produce a warning for this). Use the
actual gateway IP number (or whatever you guessed at)
instead.
It's all in the new improved version :)
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !