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Date:      Sat, 19 Sep 1998 00:14:08 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        BEAUPRE Antoine <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA>
Cc:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Little PPP stupid probs... 
Message-ID:  <199809182314.AAA02868@woof.lan.awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 18 Sep 1998 17:21:14 EDT." <Pine.SGI.3.96.980918170957.1599A-100000@derby.jsp.umontreal.ca> 

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> Sorry about this crap... I'm behaving like a lazy beginner, sorry.
> 
> I tried to use ppp's term command to log in and effectively remarked that
> my chat script wasn't correct. So here is my little session:
[.....]
> ppp ON outpost> 
> PPP ON outpost> Warning: Del route failed: 0.0.0.0: Non-existent
> // I don't understand this ast message...
> // I then wait a few minutes and it simply disconnects...
> PPP ON outpost> fetchmail: no other fetchmail is running
> Can't connect to audio server
> 
> ppp ON outpost> q

This looks good.  I suspect the above error is caused by a line 
saying something like ``delete 0'' in /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup.  This 
should not be a problem.  If you want to keep the line, change it to 
``delete! 0'' - the ``!'' tells ppp to ``just do it and shut up''.

As you've got the ``PPP'' (capitals) prompt, you've successfully 
authenticated.

This doesn't necessarily mean you've negotiated IPCP yet (this is the 
``layer'' that lets you transfer IP traffic over the link), but if 
the ``delete 0'' error message from above is comming from something 
in ppp.linkup, it means that IPCP works ok.  If in doubt, add IPCP 
logging (``set log +ipcp'') to see how that side of things fairs.

My guess is that you haven't got a line in ppp.linkup that says

  add 0 0 HISADDR

or

  add default HISADDR

They both do the same thing - and are necessary to say ``send 
traffic down this link by default''.

The disconnect is probably due to the inactivity timer.

> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> I guess I'm missing some info about that ISP...

Check that /etc/resolv.conf contains lines saying

  nameserver x.x.x.x

where x.x.x.x is your ISPs DNS - you can have lots of these lines.  
Appart from this, there's no other ISP information that needs to be 
entered (except maybe when configuring mail).

> Sorry again for being so imprecise...
> 
> There's one other thing... This last try in term mode didn't issue any
> log. Is it nmormal?

No.  It should always write to the log unless you ``set log'' with 
values that prevent it.  Bear in mind too, you can ``set log local 
...'' to see stuff displayed on the screen instead of (or as well as) 
the log file.


I reckon your best bet at this point is to get the latest ppp from 

  http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html

Ppp now remembers the ``add default hisaddr'' line so you can just 
put it in ppp.conf and forget about it (it's not required in 
ppp.linkup).  It's also got lots of new features and is generally 
more robust than older versions.

The latest version has some pretty precise information on connecting 
to your ISP in the man page and has a much more detailed 
ppp.conf.sample too.

[.....]
> +-----------------------------------+
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> Spidey
> 
> visit: http://www.JSP.UMontreal.CA/~beaupran

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