From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 5 06:24:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA16381 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 5 Oct 1996 06:24:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from yoda.fdt.net (root@yoda.fdt.net [205.229.48.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA16311 for ; Sat, 5 Oct 1996 06:23:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Kryten.nina.org (port-7.ts1.gnv.fdt.net [205.229.51.7]) by yoda.fdt.net (8.6.13.fdt/8.6.13-fdt) with SMTP id JAA22598; Sat, 5 Oct 1996 09:23:41 -0400 Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 09:24:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Seltzer X-Sender: frankd@Kryten.nina.org To: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net cc: Charlie Root , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: ppp.conf for iij In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 5 Oct 1996 wb2oyc@cyberenet.net wrote: > On 04-Oct-96 Charlie Root wrote: > >>I would really like to make use of the ppp.conf for tun0 but > >I can't get my modem to dial using it. I have a USR 14.4 Sportster. > >I can call out manually, but I prefer the script method. Any > >suggestions. > > Well, they say misery loves company, so I thought I'd let you > know that I'm waiting to see some answer to this one myself! I > can't get the damn thing to dial either, and haven't been able > to with three different installations. All have different modems, > and ports, etc, but on all of them I have to use 'term' mode and > manually dial/login to my ISP. There is some magic involved to > make it work apparently, and its not intuitively obvious to the > most casual observer... :) Linux PPP, with all its problems with > it being a moving target is far superior to this as far as I can > see. Just my .02 worth here. Most people suggest not running routed with a PPP linkup but I have found that PPP won't dial without it. > Paul > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net > Date: 10/05/96 > Time: 12:27:27 > > This message was sent by XF-Mail > ---------------------------------- > > Frank -- Only in America can a homeless veteran sleep in a cardboard box while a draft dodger sleeps in the White House - anonymous