* Stephen Walsh writes to Rowan_Crowe, on Monday October 06 1997
   at 21:48:

 SW>>> Arghhhhh, I've tryed all sort's of different things and options,
 SW>>>
 SW> [...]
 SW>>> config files that I've setup.

 R>> Did you try what I suggested with pppd?

 SW> Yes, I got a 'no route to host' message.

Did you have "defaultroute" in /etc/ppp/options?

To configure the default route manually:

root{at}denim: ifconfig ppp0
            -------------
ppp0: flags=8151 mtu 1500
        inet 203.20.114.2 --> 203.20.114.254 netmask 0xffffff00

root{at}denim: route add default 203.20.114.254
            --------------------------------

 R>> Are you 100% sure they don't need PAP authentication? If they do
 R>> need it, and you're not providing it, the connection will drop
 R>> within a second or two of the PPP negotiation being started. This
 R>> was a big stumbling block when I was first trying to get my BSD
 R>> box to dial aussie.net about a year ago.

 SW> The login system has now been changed at my ISP to support PAP/CHAT,
 SW> I've sent them a message asking what one they are using.

Very important you set up the pap-secrets file then.

 R>> Here's what I suggest... ppp and pppd are a love/hate thing, some
 SW> [...]
 R>> /etc/ppp/pap-secrets:
 R>> curl    *   

 SW> is'nt this ment to be pap.secret ???

Not with pppd.

ppp uses pap.secret, pppd uses pap-secrets.

The guys putting together FreeBSD decided in their infinite wisdom to
include two types of PPP daemon, and stick the config files in the same
dir. :)

Cheers.


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