From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 18 03:41:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA16367 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 03:41:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from siafu.iconnect.co.ke (qmailr@siafu.iconnect.co.ke [208.208.120.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id DAA16352 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 03:41:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from arb@iconnect.co.ke) Received: (qmail 23881 invoked by uid 182); 18 Mar 1998 11:41:15 -0000 Message-ID: <19980318144115.47295@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:41:15 +0300 From: arb-freebsd@iconnect.co.ke To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: help with ppp Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello. I am a new user to FreeBSD. I set it up on a 486 box recently for one of our customers who wanted a permanent connection to our network via a permanent analog line. The setup works very well, but I have 2 small problems: 1. Although the modems we use can work at speeds of 28.8 K, I can't get the FreeBSD ppp to work at more than 9600 bps. If I try to set the speed to anything higher, and use the 'terminal' mode of ppp all I get is garbage from the terminal server instead of its login prompt. Is there any setting I need for higher speeds, or maybe compression? The terminal server can support upto 115200, so that's what we'd like to use for maximum throughput. The I/O card has a 16550A UART chip, so it can handle 115200 bps. I normally start up ppp on the box as follows: ppp -ddial -alias direct-client There is no dialling required on this line, as it is a permanent connection; it's somewhat like having a null-modem cable between the FreeBSD box and our terminal server, which is a Livingston portmaster 2E. Any help would be highly appreciated. 2. I read the man page for ppp to learn how to use port aliasing. Specifically, I wanted to redirect connection coming to the FreeBSD box on port 25 to be redirected to an NT server on the same network, since the NT box is the mail server. However, the following command failed: alias port tcp 192.168.0.2:25 208.208.120.201:25 ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NT box FreeBSD box Currently, I'm running a mail server on the FreeBSD box which simply collects incoming mail and the forwards it to the NT box. This isn't the best scheme, as it is slower and wastes time and resources. What am I doing wrong here? -- Anand A priest was walking along the cliffs at Dover when he came upon two locals pulling another man ashore on the end of a rope. "That's what I like to see", said the priest, "A man helping his fellow man". As he was walking away, one local remarked to the other, "Well, he sure doesn't know the first thing about shark fishing." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message