Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:22:44 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dyoung6@bigpond.net.au> To: "Alvin Sim" <bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: stop ppp dialing on boot Message-ID: <044501c0c7b6$d5e98480$548d093d@oracle> References: <395951968.20010418112232@yahoo.co.uk>
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I'd start by commenting out those last four lines ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alvin Sim" <bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 1:22 PM Subject: stop ppp dialing on boot > Hello list, > > i have been searching around for a way to stop ppp from dialing when > the machine boots up but so far, i cannot say that i have found an > answer. hopefully someone here can help me out :) > > i have a very simple lan comprising of a fbsd server (4.3-rc) that > serves as a gateway to 2 other machines running ntws and 98. ppp is > configured and i can dial 'ppp -auto provider' w/ no problems from a > ssh session from nt (telnet is disabled). now, this seems very > unconventional that i have to make a ssh session everytime i want to > connect to my isp. furthermore, the person behind the machine running > 98 has zero knowledge of doing anything of that sort (i.e. telnet, > ssh... ) > > ok, so i set up ppp to dial when there's a connection going out of my > lan when the system boots up. but... somehow, it dials everytime it > boots up instead of when it detects an outbound connection from my > lan. and i dont want that (dialing upon booting up) since i'm > charged on a per-minute dialup basis. anyways, i'm including part my > rc.conf config if someone can have a look at it and tell me where i > did wrong. > > start my rc.conf > =========================================================== > > # > ### Basic network: ### > network_interfaces="lo0 rl0" > ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" > ifconfig_rl0="inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" > hostname="my.domain.org" > > # > ### Network routing options: ### > gateway_enable="YES" > router_enable="NO" > defaultrouter="NO" > forward_sourceroute="NO" > accept_sourceroute="NO" > tcp_drop_synfin="NO" # Set to YES to drop TCP packets with SYN+FIN > tcp_restrict_rst="NO" # Set to YES to restrict emission of RST > > firewall_enable="YES" > firewall_type="open" > firewall_quite="YES" > natd_enable="YES" > natd_interface="tun0" > natd_flags="-dynamic" > > # > # User ppp configuration. > ppp_enable="YES" > ppp_mode="auto" > ppp_nat="NO" > ppp_profile="provider" > > =========================================================== > end my rc.conf > > > if ppp_enable="NO", i then have to manually dial. if ppp_enable="YES", > it dials on booting up :( so, how can i make it dial ONLY when it > detects an outbound traffic? thanks for looking into this. > > > -- > Alvin mailto:bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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