Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 08:25:33 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Jeff Roberts <jroberts@ashland.edu> Cc: FreeBSD questions list <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FBSD: Dial-out PPP only CONNECTs sometimes? Message-ID: <199707010725.IAA27061@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 01 Jul 1997 00:01:11 EDT." <Pine.OS2.3.95.970630234807.26D-100000@warp4>
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> Hello, everyone. > > I've had about 50% success with my dial-out situation. I've taken the > best suggestions from *Pedantic*, various FAQs, the Handbook, and feedback > from people on this list. I've been using > > ppp -auto foo > route add default 10.0.1.2 > > to connect to foo. Sometimes it works without a hitch, and sometimes > (like the last couple of days), after connecting, the connection is > dropped after about 10 seconds. However, I can still connect from Warp, > so I know it's not the remote host. What about this "10.0.1.2"? Could > specifying *this* as the default route (my provider dynamically assigns my > IP address after connecting) be part of the problem. Is there one that's > fail-safe? I just took this, I think, from the Handbook. I was under the > impression that the assigned IP address would overwrite the one I > specified, or something along those lines. When I do PPP manually, I get > "dial OK" and then "switching to packet mode". Then, the connection dies. > > I'm dialing out of 2.2.1 on a USR Sportster (gasp!) 14400. My machine > is not connected to any network. When it works, > it works great, BTW. I evidentally just need to find a way to > consistently get an acceptable default route. > > Thanks for any suggestions/advice you can give me! =) I appreciate it. The route command is definitely bogus, and isn't in any of the documentation I know of any more. Go to http://www.awfulhak.org/ppp.html. There's a pointer to the -current ppp.conf and ppp.linkup from there. Try the "pmdemand" example, it should work fine. If you're still experiencing problems, Take a look at http://www.freebsd.org/~brian/ppp-2.2-970629.tar.gz and post/mail me the log file after a "set log +lcp". Thanks. > Jeff > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > jroberts@ashland.edu >>>> Jeff Roberts <<<< strider@acm.org > Public Key = http://www.ashland.edu/~jroberts/txt/pubkey.asc > NOTE: I only respond to messages (1) from known senders, (2) with > my name in the SUBJECT line, or (3) very specific SUBJECTs. > Messages with SUBJECTs like "Hi" or "Question" will get deleted with > the spam. Empty SUBJECT lines get ignored. Peace. > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org> <http://www.awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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