Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 17:50:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Newell <mnewell@newell.arlington.va.us> To: Mike <flaq@synwork.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel PPP and BitSurfer Pro Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960908171833.7823K-100000@bigpuppy.newell.arlington.va.us> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960908160058.734A-100000@synwork.com>
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On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Mike wrote:
> I am trying to setup kernel ppp to connect to an Ascend terminal server.
> Has anyone done this successfully? Any words of wisdom would be
> appreciated. Yes, I have read te handbook.
For the kernel all you have to do is build one that supports the tun0
interface. *I* use a BitSurfer Pro to connect to another BSP on a
FreeBSD machine that acts as my dialin-server. I use PPPD though; I find
that PPP (aka ijppp) tends to keep disconnecting under heavy load
whenever I try to use it. :-(
To build a kernel with tun device support, steps are:
1. Go to the config directory:
cd /sys/i386/conf
2. Make a copy of the generic kernel config file:
cp GENERIC whatever
Replace "whatever" with the name of the kernel you want. I call
mine "MikesKernel". For the rest of these instructions I'll assume
the name "whatever" and you can fill in what you want.
3. Edit "whatever" and add the line
pseudo-device tun n
where "n" should be "1", "2", etc. - the number of PPP interfaces
you'll need. You might also want to stick in a line like
pseudo-device bpfilter 6
so that you can use tcpdump on the device (you may have to increase
6; basically there needs to be one bpfilter for each net device. Use
"ifconfig -a" to figure out how many devices you have).
4. I also change the "ident" line so that I can differentiate my kernel
from the generic one.
5. Config the build files:
config whatever
6. Build the kernel:
cd ../../compile/whatever
make depend
make
7. Assuming the kernel builds OK (no reason it shouldn't!! :-) then
install it:
make install
8. Now reboot.
'course you probably don't have to do all this, since if you're using the
GENERIC kernel it should have tun devices built in. Do "ifconfig -a" to
see if it does. If so then you should just use the ijppp according to
the instructions to talk to the Ascend.
One thing the Ascends do that other terminal servers don't necessarily do
is they can be configed to _assume_ a PPP link from the start. If yours
is so configured then you should _NOT_ to a login script, but rather do
authentication via PAP (or preferrably) CHAP. You won't get the standard
"Username:"/"Password:" prompts, and your connection will come up MUCH
faster...
Hope this helps,
Mike
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