On Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:41:46 -0500 (EST) Richard Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> If you dial up to your ISP, with PPP, and your not on a network, please
> send me the following.
I have a simple dialup PPP connection to my PSP. I don't use
diald. My installation is essentially the same as setup by the
distribution.
> /etc/init.d/network
#! /bin/sh
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
route add -net 127.0.0.0
This is unchanged from the distribution.
> /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
206.103.141.50 bobspc bobspc.metrolink.net
The first line in this file was set up by the distribution; I
added the second. This may have been necessary since I didn't elect
to configure the network from the installation program. A recent
posting on this list said that the order of the entries on the second
line is important. Mine used to be
206.103.141.50 bobspc.metrolink.net bobspc
and it worked, bt I changed it after reading that message.
My ISP uses dynamic address assignment. The 206.103.141.50 in
this file is in the middle of the range of addresses that I am
assigned. This was recommended in /usr/doc/ppp/README.linux.gz. I
have seen postings in this list that said 127.0.0.1 could be used as
well, but as long as it works, I'm not changing.
I don't know if it is essential in this file, but many config
files that are set up in columnar format must have at least one tab
character, not blanks, between columns. I am always careful to set up
all columnar config files this way.
> /etc/network
I don't have this file on my system.
> and your /usr/bin/pon (if you use it)
#!/bin/sh
if [ -r /etc/ppp.options_out -a -r /etc/ppp.chatscript ]; then
/usr/sbin/pppd connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp.chatscript" `cat
/etc/ppp.options_out`
else
echo "You do not have permissions to access /etc/ppp.chatscript or
/etc/ppp.options_out"
fi
This is unchanged from the distribution.
Hope this helps. You didn't mention your specific problems. The
biggest problems i have had in setting up ppp have been permissions on
files and directories that kept non-root users from running ppp.
Bob
