Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 17:35:04 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Patrick Morris <patrick@expresshost.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help - Ethernet AND Modem Message-ID: <19990206173504.I79703@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990206011314.00927290@expresshost.com>; from Patrick Morris on Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 01:13:14AM -0500 References: <3.0.6.32.19990206011314.00927290@expresshost.com>
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On Saturday, 6 February 1999 at 1:13:14 -0500, Patrick Morris wrote: > > I just set up my freebsd 3.0-release system by downloading everything > through an ethernet connection at work, but how do I configure it so that I > can have both my ethernet connection working, and my modem connection > working when i'm at home (where my computer is going to be 99% of the > time). I'm using kde, and the kppp dialer I don't know a kppp dialer. Do you mean Kernel PPP? That's not a dialer, and we don't abbreviate it that way. > to connect, I believe I have set up the connection correctly, as it > is very similiar to the win95 one. However, when I try to connect > it gets to "starting pppd" and just stops there and times out. It sounds to me very much like you haven't set the connection up correctly :-) > Heres a copy of my routing table which so far has only been set up for > ethernet: > > <snip> Your routing table is completely uninteresting until you get the connection up, in which case it almost always gets set automatically. This routing table showed a typical routing table printout, except that everything somehow got downshifted. > I was under the impression that the kppp dialer would automatically > add the necessary entries permanently, or at least temporarily Temporarily. > that I added in upon setting up the connection. Well, pppd sets them up for you. And don't forget you don't have a connection yet. > Also, four my default gateway (207.159.73.1), that is a router, > which is my gateway when i'm on the lan at work, but when I dial in > (I work for the isp), would my default gateway become the ip of one > of our racks of modems (207.159.73.7 , 207.159.73.9)? Your default gateway would become the other end of the PPP link, so I suppose yes. But don't worry about it, pppd sets it for you. > And, if this matters, I have a static ip, 207.159.73.33, and my host name > is pat.expresshost.com. > > Please get back to me with any suggestions... You remind me of the drunk under the lamppost looking for his keys. Somebody said ``are you sure you dropped them here''. The drunk said, ``no, over there, but the light's better here''. First we need to know what's wrong with your PPP connection. The routing will take care of itself (hopefully). Where are your config files? Have you done the chat script in debug mode? What are you using as a dialer (pppd doesn't dial)? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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