Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:31:31 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Hamish <buckaroo@ecn.net.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More PPP arcana Message-ID: <36D51873.CEE9563A@uk.radan.com> References: <19990225084725.B1E3914D49@hub.freebsd.org>
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Hamish wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am still having problems with ppp using FreeBSD 2.2.6, was hoping someone
> might be able to point out my mistake(s)...
>
> In a nutshell, I can get interactive ppp working fine, but getting it to run
> via scripts just isn't happening. Here's what works (interactive).
>
> su-2.01# ppp -alias
> Working in interactive mode
> Using interface: tun0
> ppp ON cave> set authname auth
> ppp ON cave> set authkey pass
> ppp ON cave> set timeout 0
> ppp ON cave> term
> deflink: Entering terminal mode on /dev/cuaa0
> Type `~?' for help
> atdt32225056
> CONNECT 57600
>
> Packet mode detected.
>
> PPP ON cave>
> PPP ON cave> delete ALL
> PPP ON cave> add default HISADDR
>
> The above gets the connection, everything. Every time.
>
> Now, the following DOESN'T work... being the contents of my /etc/ppp/ppp.conf:
>
> default:
> set device /dev/cuaa0
> set speed 57600
> set dial "ATDT32225056"
> set redial 60
> set reconnect 60 4
>
> background:
> set authname auth
> set authkey pass
> set phone "32225056"
> set timeout 0
> delete ALL
> add 0 0 HISADDR
>
Where's the ``set dial.....'' entry?
> I have tried lots of other variants on the dial string as well, most of them
> cut and pasted from various doco, with minimal changes. Some make the lights on
> the modem change, but none actually dial. I reduced the dial string to the one
> above in an attempt to simplify the problem.
>
> I use
> su-2.01# ppp -alias -background
> to run it, and this is a typical excerpt from /var/log/ppp.log for a connect:
>
> Feb 24 18:58:41 cave ppp[5596]: Phase: Using interface: tun0
> Feb 24 18:58:41 cave ppp[5596]: Phase: deflink: Created in closed state
> Feb 24 18:58:41 cave ppp[5597]: Phase: PPP Started (background mode).
> Feb 24 18:58:41 cave ppp[5597]: Phase: bundle: Establish
> Feb 24 18:58:41 cave ppp[5597]: Phase: deflink: closed -> opening
> Feb 24 18:58:41 cave ppp[5597]: Phase: deflink: Connected!
> Feb 24 18:58:41 cave ppp[5597]: Phase: deflink: opening -> dial
> Feb 24 18:58:55 cave ppp[5597]: Warning: Chat script failed
That's because there is no dial string (``set dial ....'') defined.
> "Warning: Chat script failed" prolly means the chat script failed, but I am
> having real trouble getting ANY chat scripts to work. I've also used (out of
> /etc/ppp/ppp.conf.sample):
>
> set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" AT OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 OK
> \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT"
>
_How_ have you used it? It's not in your ppp.conf that you included
above
> and a few reductions of that, but no luck. Doesn't even dial.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated,
> Confused Hamish
>
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