From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 26 17:48:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA15008 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 17:48:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vent.pipex.net (root@vent.pipex.net [158.43.128.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA15001 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 17:48:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dial.pipex.com by vent.pipex.net (8.6.12/PIPEX simple 1.20) id BAA05945; Sat, 27 Apr 1996 01:47:04 +0100 Received: (from jraynard@localhost) by dial.pipex.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA03707; Sat, 27 Apr 1996 00:41:41 GMT Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 00:41:41 GMT From: James Raynard Message-Id: <199604270041.AAA03707@dial.pipex.com> To: grag@fssr.ru CC: dan0@habanero.clark.net, questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <3180C889.167EB0E7@fssr.ru> (message from Grag on Fri, 26 Apr 1996 12:58:49 +0000) Subject: Re: PPP on FreeBSD Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I am having considerable difficulty getting kernel PPP to work with > > FreeBSD; I am trying to connect with my provider, ClarkNet > > in Maryland, > > and am getting the following activity in /var/log/messages when running > > with both debug and kdebug: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Apr 21 13:55:35 habanero pppd[229]: pppd 2.1.2 started by root, uid 0 > > Apr 21 13:55:45 habanero login: login on ttyv1 as dan0 > > Apr 21 13:56:00 habanero pppd[230]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/cuaa1 > > Apr 21 13:56:00 habanero /kernel: ppp0 output: > > ff03c02101010012010405dc050631794 > > c4507020802 > > Apr 21 13:56:02 habanero /kernel: ppp0: garbage received: 0xd (need > > 0xFF) > [skipped] > > Apr 21 13:56:30 habanero pppd[230]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests > > Apr 21 13:56:30 habanero pppd[230]: Connection terminated. > > Apr 21 13:56:30 habanero pppd[230]: Serial link is not 8-bit clean: > > Apr 21 13:56:30 habanero pppd[230]: All received characters had bit 7 > > set to 0 > > We had similar diagnostics when were trying to setup ppp session between FreeBSD 2.1's > PPPD and Solaris 2.4's ASPPPD. > I have no technical details but the problem was solved when we turn off magic number > negotionion (-mn in .ppprc for FreeBSD) and turn off masking control symbols (asyncmap 0 > for both FreeBSD and Solaris). > The ppp session starts but isn't stable. I had the same problem when trying to dial my ISP using pppd (which I had been using successfully for several months with a different ISP). Everything works flawlessly with user-mode PPP (/usr/sbin/ppp) so you may wish to consider using that instead. Cheers James -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland mail: jraynard@dial.pipex.com