From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 17 8: 0:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (dynamic-107.max1-du-ws.dialnetwork.pavilion.co.uk [212.74.8.107]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9ECD14F7F for ; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 07:59:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA04419; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:48:37 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost.lan.Awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA00997; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:51:10 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199908171451.PAA00997@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: David May Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Q] Problem setting up user PPP over SSH. In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 16 Aug 1999 21:57:23 +0800." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:51:10 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Upgrade to the latest version of ppp and it should work ok. You may also want to ``set openmode passive'' on the client side to allow for the potentially long delay in establishing the ssh connection. > I am trying to get a VPN going by running user PPP over SSH > as per the example in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf.sample > but it does not seem to be working. It is failing > in the PPP LCP negotiation phase. Can anybody provide more > detailed example setup than is given in the default example > configuration? > > I have no problems using either ssh nor ppp separately. > > One side is set to openmode active (the caller). It sends several > LCP config requests but does not seem to get any responses. Then it > quits due to "Exception detected on descriptor 2". > The other side is set to openmode passive (the callee). It seems > to be receiving and sending LCP config requests. > > My setup is > FreeBSD 2.2.8 on one box > FreeBSD 3.1 on the other box > SSH 1.2.27 (not from Ports) on both > Link is an Ethernet LAN > > I am getting a bit desparate at this stage. > Any suggestions welcome. -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message