Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 18:24:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Gary Palmer <gary@palmer.demon.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ppp again Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950813182235.4819A-100000@mocha.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <6167.808352224@palmer.demon.co.uk>
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On Sun, 13 Aug 1995, Gary Palmer wrote: > In message <Pine.SUN.3.91.950813175548.4707B-100000@mocha.eng.umd.edu>, Chuck R > obey writes: > >First, the password. I have to login anyways, to the annex, before I can > >issue ppp, so I think the system has my username/password. Do I need to > >put something in ppp.secret, and why? > > ppp.secret is for CHAP authentication I think. Unless you are using > CHAP (or are controlling who gets access to the control port (3000)) > you don't really need a ppp.secret. > > >I tried to add "delete default" and "add default HISADDR" in the linkup > >file, but I got error messages indicating it wanted "delete dest gateway" > >and "add dest mask gateway". How do I do what I want? > > The correct thing to do for automatic operation is: > > add 0 <netmask> <remoteaddr> > > Even tho I may not connect to 158.152.1.194, I add a route to it the > entry for my auto-dialout section. Then in /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup I have > > MYADDR: > delete ALL > add 0 0 HISADDR > > This should work. Unless you have gateways off your local ether > subnet, that delete ALL shouldn't affect your ethernet. I'm probably showing ignorance here, but if I don't set the default to the tun0 port, how will stuff know that's the path to the world? Stuff like my named, and other network active stuff? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 (Freebsd 2.0.5-snap-0726) and (301) 220-2114 | n3lxx (FreeBSD 2.0.5-snap-0622) -- Great! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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