From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 27 11:39:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 361AE15199 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:38:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id TAA54968; Tue, 27 Apr 1999 19:37:57 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA01343; Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:27:50 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199904270927.KAA01343@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Igor B. Bykhalo" Cc: "FreeBSD-questions" Subject: Re: Does ppp -dedicated on direct link need getty? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:48:33 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:27:47 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It should do (using the -dedicated switch). You will also need to ``set openmode passive''. If this doesn't work, can you send me a copy of your log (see http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html for details), or if it does work, do you think openmode should default to passive for -dedicated mode ? Cheers. > This question may seem dumb, but i didn't find > any info on this topic. > > I know that SLIP works without getty: > we are now using SLIP to connect with our IPS via > null-modem line on sioX port wit getty disabled > (in /etc/ttys), just > > #slattach -l -s 115200 /dev/ttydX > > and everything works. > > Can PPP work in the same manner (i.e. without getty) > on null-modem permanent link (actually, it's a ~1 kilometer > leased line, do you want more details?), or i miss something? > > Thanks in advance > Igor -- 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