Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 16:43:37 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk> To: "Ian Molee" <molee@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chat script failure in user-level PPP Message-ID: <199907271543.QAA04907@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Jul 1999 00:04:48 EDT." <000001bed7e5$2b0568d0$1d5556d1@emulsive>
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Enable chat logging.... Ppp doesn't interpret single quotes as being anything special, so assuming they aren't real linefeeds in your dial script, it's probably failing expecting "''". > I am having quite a time attempting to get my PPP connection to work > properly under FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE. The problem is that I cannot for the > life of me get my chat script to succeed. Each and every time I attempt to > connect using a "dial" command, I get the message "Warning: chat script > failed" as soon as the TIMEOUT value has expired. > > I can connect manually, by entering the "term" command and manually entering > the appropriate AT commands, then logging in, so I know that the problem is > not with my hardware settings, interface settings, or miscellaneous ppp > settings (e.g., "set device /dev/cuaa0"). The following is the ppp.conf > file I'd like to use: > > ---ppp.conf--- > default: > set device /dev/cuaa0 > set speed 115200 > set dial "ECHO ON ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" ATZ > OK-AT-OK ATM1 OK-AT-OK ATS11=35 OK-AT-OK \\p\\pATDT*70\\T TIMEOUT 40 > CONNECT" > > mindspring: > set phone "404 287 3038|404 654 1300|404 654 1350" > set login "TIMEOUT 10 '' '' gin:--gin: <username> word: <password>" > set timeout 300 > set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 > add default HISADDR > ---eof--- > > Naturally, I am using my actual username and password in the proper > locations above, instead of the placeholders. I have tried altering the > dial script and the "set phone" into simpler expressions to reduce the > chances of the chat script failing to no avail. For example, I changed the > "set phone" line to include only a single phone number, and eliminated > spaces from the phone number, thinking that this may be confusing chat. I > even tried setting dial scripts as simple as "TIMEOUT 5 '' ATZ OK-AT-OK" and > "TIMEOUT 5 '' ''", and _even these_ failed. >:( > > I do not know if it's noteworthy that running chat manually from the command > line fails with an exit code of 3, indicating that a timeout event has > occurred. > > I am a bit upset with myself that I can't figure out something that ought to > be relatively simple, but my setup seems to be in accordance with the > sources of documentation to which I've referred (FreeBSD Handbook, PPP man > page, and _The Complete FreeBSD_). After all, I've gotten this type of > functionality to work on other platforms in the past. However, I'm afraid > I'm at my wit's end, and think that surely there must be someone who's dealt > with this problem, or at least has a good idea of what it might be. I shall > appreciate greatly any guidance that any good Samaritan can provide. > > Additionally, if anyone knows of any good "gotchas" regarding getting a > Windows NT machine to happily talk via the FreeBSD box as a gateway of > sorts, then I'd be interested in hearing about these: preliminary testing > last night after manually establishing the connection and issuing an "alias > enable yes" do not look promising. :( > > Thanks very much, > Ian Molee > > PS: Please ensure that any replies are routed to my specific e-mail, in > addition to the freebsd-questions group: I've recently unsubscribed to this > list because I simply could not deal with the volume. -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> <brian@OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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