Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 18:58:24 +-1100 From: Andrew Perry <andrew@shoal.net.au> To: "'tbandell'" <tbandell@erienet.net> Cc: "'Questions'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: PPP Message-ID: <01BC1F62.A60C20C0@monty-port1.shoal.net.au>
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The message about not having a password setup in ppp.secret just means you haven't password protected ppp yet. Here's an example: # Sysname Secret Key Peer's IP address mymachine password 127.0.0.1 which i copied from a how to setup ppp page somewhere. http://pinky.interaccess.com/jay/freebsd/ppp.html. When it crashes you should <alt><f2> and have a look at the debug console to see what it says. Could be flaky hardware or a bad line or something at your isp's end. When installing from floppies make sure you have bin.inf on the first diskette and if you want to include any other distributions (eg manpages) put the .inf file on the last diskette of the bin/ distribution. If you still have problems make sure you send to the list as well because there's a lot of smart and experienced people there. hope this is of some help Andrew Perry andrew@shoal.net.au Sometimes I can get all of it and other I can't and when I do get it all, after I do it decides to stop on me and when I log back in it starts again but after that it crashes and I have to use the emergcy shell and log in with it, but the problem i'm having is getting my ISP to let me stay on long enuff to get everything that I want, and also I can't figure out how to set an IP for my machine and also set the PPP to dial in without giving me a message like 'no password set in password.secret' i've tried editing it and it doesn't do anything:( I have no problems getting it to connect to my provider it's just after I get most of it done I loose conneciton and can't get it to start again, so right now i'm downloading all of the bin files onto my computer and see if I can install it from floppies and then maybe after that I can get logged into my PPP account and get the rest of what I need for it to run right, sorry to be an idiot about this:(, and plus i'm fariliy new to Unix/Freebsd but I'm sick of Windows95 not letting me do the stuff I need it to and crashing on me without letting me be able to fix it before it crashs:) Thanks
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