Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 10:06:32 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Booth, Christopher" <christopher_booth@mcgraw-hill.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IIJPPP & FreeBSD 3.1 Message-ID: <199905050906.KAA00751@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 May 1999 16:59:46 EDT." <199905042059.QAA17859@interlock.mgh.com>
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> Greetings, FreeBSDers: > > I used to be able to access the Internet and Web from FreeBSD 2.2.6 with no > problem. Since upgrading to 3.1 I have been unable to connect to my new ISP, > from the same hardware. I have a dynamic account on a lone, single-user P133 > with an internal modem. > > I am able to dial up, but not packets get passed. After a short while, > usually about 20 seconds I get disconnected. The ppp never changes to PPP > and I get the message > > Warning: Chat script failed > > In the /var/log/ppp.log very little seems useful, but the example of the log > instructions given in _The Complete FreeBSD_, /etc/ppp/ppp.conf.sample, _The > PedanticPPP_, etc., etc., causes PPP to fail entirely. [I mean the line that > says > > set log Phase Chat Connect LCP tun command This works fine for me.... > ; I can't get PPP to do anything unless this line is commented out.] > > So far this error message seems to most useful: > > ifconfig ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Destination address required And where is the error message coming from ? You shouldn't be running ifconfig on the tun interface. > When I tried connecting via the PPP tool in KDE, which I have been > exploring, I found a similar message in the log. > > When I tried to use PPP and log on using term, was flooded by a message > saying > > /kernel: sio2: 1 more silo overflow (total n) > > , which I don't understand at all. This is usually due to bad hardware.... perhaps your modems IRQ isn't being assigned ? > It looks to me like I am not communicating with my modem: sio2/cuaa2 is > working, but ping, netstat -rn, route, etc., tell me > > no route to host What does your ppp.conf say ? > Could anyone help me out with this? I certainly would appreciate being able > to go on to a more interesting problem (and one less embarrassing than > simply connecting to my ISP), to say nothing of being able to read my email > at home, and maybe do a little websurfing.... > > TIA! I think your best bet is to post a copy of your ppp.conf etc, and *exactly* what the problem is when you try to enable logging. You may also want to take a look at http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html > Ciao, > > Chris Booth > aixx.net > > > > p.s.: I don't know if this is relevant or not; my new ISP requires only > username, which I need to send, and then password, which the ISP prompts me > for with > > password: > > then the ISP sends "Entering PPP", which is followed by the usual > gobbeldygook. I have tried using "set openmode active", but with no > discernable result. And you've adjusted your login script accordingly ? -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@uk.FreeBSD.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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