Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 02:27:23 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mgetty and iij-ppp Message-ID: <199803060227.CAA18269@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 Mar 1998 11:29:09 %2B0100." <H000057c01414ea2@MHS>
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> Hi > > I'm trying to use mgetty (v1.0) to drive ppp (as explained in the > handbook : I've recompiled mgetty with AutoPPP support). I'm using > FreeBSD v2.2.5, installed from a CDROM. > > I've got a problem : the initial connection (from a W**-95 client) is > done all right (I can ping an machine from the client through the > Ethernet I/F of my FreeBSD machine), but ppp does not stop after the > end of the connection. Thus, mgetty is never awakened, and I can't > make another connection from the client to the FreeBSD server (because > ppp does not know how to answer the modem call). > > Do I need to patch ppp, so that it "exit()s" when the ppp connection > is over or is there a newer version of ppp ? (or am I missing some > black magic in the configuration files ?) > > Thanks in advance As others have already said, ppp in 2.2.5 if broken in this respect. You can get the latest version from http://www.FreeBSD.org/~brian. > TfH > > Work : thierry.herbelot@telspace.alcatel.fr > Home : thierry.herbelot@wanadoo.fr -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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