Re: [aclug-L] Dialup (ppp)

["Jeffrey L. Hansen" <jhansen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm pretty hesitant to change the kernel at this stage.  You hit the nail 
on the head when you said that it went pretty smoothly once you knew what 
was going on.  I don't have a clue what's going on yet.  I did just learn 
not to be too happy just because I solved one problem.  This one looks like 
a dilly.
I'll check the link when I get home.  Dale told me that sktc uses pap, so 
that's another thing I'll need to address when I get the silly thing to dial.
The part about the missing IP address is because there's a field following 
the ppp0 listing under servers that's empty.  It seems like it needs the 
address.  When I double click it I get the configuration box to put the 
phone number, username, etc. in.  Just looks a little fishy.
jeff

At 04:59 PM 3/30/99 -0500, you wrote:



> On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Jeffrey L. Hansen wrote:
>
> > that it's trying to dial and I never hear any indications on the phone
> > itself when listening on the receiver.
> is /dev/modem a link to the right /dev/ttyS? device?
>
> > Is there supposed to be an IP address listed after ppp0 in the network
> > configurator window?
> I doubt it; most ppp connections have their IP address assigned.
>
> > I put it in under the nameserver, but it doesn't show
> > up after ppp0 in the connection window.
> You need the nameserver IP(s) in /etc/resolv.conf.
>
> > It seems like I heard of numerous bugs concerning the ppp setup, but
> > this is the farthest I've come in the installation process.
> Try going to kernel 2.2.* and the latest pppd ;)
> (actually, it was pretty smooth once I realized what was going on)
>
> -jeff
> ----
> Do you realize how many holes there could be
> if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?