Re: ppp over direct serial link

2003-08-14 Thread R. McFarlane
At 02:49 AM 8/10/2003, Sean Estabrooks wrote : Hmmm.. the laptop should have an IP address _and_ netmask that match the ethernet subnet you're trying to join via proxy ARP. This is the most common cause of the error you're seeing. You'll still need to give the laptop a default gateway to

Re: ppp over direct serial link

2003-08-14 Thread R. McFarlane
At 02:23 PM 8/10/2003, Sean Estabrooks, had this to say : Although it appears to not be causing you any problems the local and modem options are mutually exclusive. Removing the modem option is probably what you need. Everything else looks fine but it would be handy to see the options on the

Re: ppp over direct serial link

2003-08-14 Thread R. McFarlane
At 01:02 PM 8/10/2003, Sean Estabrooks, had this to say : Ok, i'm sure you have it 99% of the way to a working system, why don't you post your configuration files to show your setup maybe someone will be able to spot a problem. Incidentally are you using the ktune option? If not, that might

Re: ppp over direct serial link

2003-08-14 Thread Sean Estabrooks
Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 24.108.132.0* 255.255.252.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0

Re: ppp over direct serial link

2003-08-14 Thread Sean Estabrooks
cat /etc/ppp/options updetach crtscts local noauth netmask 255.0.0.0 asyncmap 0 passive debug modem proxyarp lock Although it appears to not be causing you any problems the local and modem options are mutually exclusive. Removing the modem option is probably what you need.

Re: ppp over direct serial link

2003-08-14 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 12:27:47 -0700 R. McFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 02:49 AM 8/10/2003, Sean Estabrooks wrote : Hmmm.. the laptop should have an IP address _and_ netmask that match the ethernet subnet you're trying to join via proxy ARP. This is the most common cause of the error

Re: ppp over direct serial link

2003-08-11 Thread R. McFarlane
At 02:46 PM 8/10/2003, Sean Estabrooks, had this to say : Ok, this looks like the problem. Proxyarp works by adding an entry to the ethernet device to publish the ip address of the client machine. Therefore instead of using 10.0.0.[12] you would have to use something in the 24.108.132.0 range

ppp over direct serial link

2003-08-10 Thread R. McFarlane
Hi list, I did a search on Google, RedHat and the list archives but did not find any answers to my nagging problem. I can successfully access my RHL7.2 login prompt over a null modem direct serial link from my laptop using a terminal program. I also can make a successful ppp connection with

Re: ppp over direct serial link

2003-08-10 Thread Sean Estabrooks
Hi list, Hi Poster ;o) I did a search on Google, RedHat and the list archives but did not find any answers to my nagging problem. I can successfully access my RHL7.2 login prompt over a null modem direct serial link from my laptop using a terminal program. I also can make a