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Good question. I guess I'm not sure where the problem lies: Is masq
failing to bring up PPP0 or is PPPd failing to bring up the link.
What mailing list do you suggest I subscribe & post this message to?
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From: "Fuzzy Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "John Schmerold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 12:43 PM
Subject: [Masq] Re: PPPd / Masq / Demand dialing not working
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> John Schmerold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Eventually, RH will connect to Internet, but it requires 5 to 10
> > minutes of hitting refresh page to get it to come up at the client's
> > desk.
>
> Isn't this more of a PPP question? You might get better answers on a
> PPP mailing list.
>
> > We are using following files:
> > File options
> > lock
> > crtscts
> > defaultroute
> > noauth
> > noipdefault
> > modem
> > /dev/modem
> > 115200
> > idle 300
> > demand
> > debug
> > ipcp-accept-local
> > ipcp-accept-remote
> > persist
> > holdoff 120
> > asyncmap 0
> > name "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> > mtu 1500
>
> Where is the specification of the PPP interface's IP address? You can't
> configure an interface without an IP, and you can't route traffic to an
> interface that's not configured, so you can't have pppd detect that
> there is traffic attempting to route to the internet, to auto-dial PPP.
> See the catch-22 situation? I'm surprised that this connection comes
> up, ever! There must be something else bringing up the connection, and
> if that's true, you might have some sort of conflicting configuration!
> I'd look into that, if I were you.
>
> At any rate, you need to remove the "noipdefault" option, and replace it
> with a fake IP address for the local/remote sides of the link. Since
> you have the ipcp-accept-{local,remote} options specified, as well as
> the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr flag set, you won't have any problems
> with the IP address changing after the link comes up.
>
> I suggest using a pair of IP addresses that are not on your subnet
> anywhere, such as "192.168.99.99:192.168.100.100". That should allow
> the connection to be initially configured when you start pppd, and thus
> traffic will be routeable, etc. etc.
>
> You really should check your daemon logs; they would have told you what
> was wrong.
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fuzzy Fox) || "Good judgment comes from
experience.
> sometimes known as David DeSimone || Experience comes from bad
judgment."
> http://www.dallas.net/~fox/ || -- Life Lessons
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