From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 13 22: 4:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from itouch.co.nz (itouch.co.nz [203.99.66.188]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF1CC37B418 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 22:04:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@itouch.co.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by itouch.co.nz (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f7E54Na75971; Tue, 14 Aug 2001 17:04:23 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 17:04:23 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: fujie zhang Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pppd setup Message-ID: <20010814170422.B74770@itouchnz.itouch> References: <20010814050108.99880.qmail@web13805.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010814050108.99880.qmail@web13805.mail.yahoo.com>; from fujiezhang@yahoo.com on Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 10:01:08PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 10:01:08PM -0700, fujie zhang wrote: > hi, can somebody send me a copy of your > /etc/ppp/options file for pppd. i'm trying to get pppd > to work. i tried user ppp and it did not work. not > even dialing. with pppd i could get it to dial. but it > does not make connection or disconnect right away. i > read the handbook part on pppd. i don't know what to > put for the : line since my ISP > does not have a static gateway address. it's dynamic. Why not try ppp(8) instead? It's generally better supported on the questions list. The default /etc/ppp/ppp.conf only requires you to fill in the phonenumber, username and password in the papchap: section in order to get most things to work. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "We laugh in the face of danger, we drop icecubes down the vest of fear" - Edmond Blackadder III To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message