Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 23:11:56 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD to FreeBSD dialin configuration Message-ID: <005701bffaf0$eb23a4e0$837e03cb@DOUGY>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0054_01BFFB44.B8FC3EB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Would someone please enlighten me as to what hocus pocus is involved in getting a FreeBSD to FreeBSD dialup connection to authenticate ?? The situation is a remote LAN (various Win9x systems with a FreeBSD = gateway)=20 connecting via dialup modem to another FreeBSD box with a permanent = modem=20 connection to the net. It seems a Win98 to FreeBSD dialup connection is = quite=20 straightforward, but achieving the same thing with FreeBSD to FreeBSD is = near=20 impossible. So far I've spent days trying everything hinted at in extremely terse = docs without achieving anything but a huge phone bill. Neither getty nor mgetty works = like its=20 supposed to ... the remote machine picks up the incoming call but drops = the line=20 after a few seconds. I've currently got mgetty debug set at 9 but all = that tells me=20 is a lot of rubbish about fax errors (despite all the fax lines being = commented out). =20 I've had the link working for some time using Win2000 dialup to FreeBSD, = but hoping to improve the reliability by replacing the Win2000 system with FreeBSD. = I've been trying=20 to use user-ppp for both links due to the very handy "-ddial" function = ... unfortunately it looks like I'll need to stick with Win2000 for this job unless someone = can provide some=20 insights as to what's needed to make it work properly with FreeBSD. ------=_NextPart_000_0054_01BFFB44.B8FC3EB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.3800" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Would someone please enlighten me as to = what hocus=20 pocus is involved in</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>getting a FreeBSD to FreeBSD dialup = connection to=20 authenticate ??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The situation is a remote LAN (various = Win9x=20 systems with a FreeBSD gateway) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>connecting via dialup modem to another = FreeBSD box=20 with a permanent modem </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>connection to the net. </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>It seems a Win98 to FreeBSD dialup connection is quite = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>straightforward, but </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>achieving the same thing with FreeBSD to FreeBSD is near = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>impossible.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So far I've spent days trying = everything hinted at=20 in extremely terse docs without</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>achieving </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>anything=20 but a huge phone bill. Neither getty nor mgetty works like its = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>supposed </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>to ... the=20 remote machine picks up the incoming call but drops the line = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>after a </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>few seconds.=20 I've curr</FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ently got mgetty debug set = at 9 but all=20 that tells me </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>is a lot </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>of rubbish=20 about fax errors (despite all the fax lines being commented out). =20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've had the link working for some time = using=20 Win2000 dialup to FreeBSD, but hoping to</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>improve the reliability by replacing = the Win2000=20 system with FreeBSD. I've been trying </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>to use user-ppp for both links due to = the very=20 handy "-ddial" function ... unfortunately it</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>looks like I'll need to stick with = Win2000 for this=20 job unless someone can provide some </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>insights as to what's needed to make it = work=20 properly with FreeBSD.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0054_01BFFB44.B8FC3EB0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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