Thanks to all who suggested that I toss away my /etc/ppp/options
file and reinstall using pppconfig.
It now works.
Felix
Sorry for being so late in getting this response out, but I was quite busy
and away from my machine last week, so here it is for anyone wants it.
In my situation I connect to two different ISP's. pppconfig works great
for setting up the connection, but fails to handle /etc/hosts and
On 24 Nov 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Michael Beattie writes:
This can be put in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets as this (I think its correct)
name_at_isp * password
then in each /etc/ppp/peers/* file, have an option, user name_at_isp
pppconfig does this automatically if you
On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, wb2oyc wrote:
The above file is only for global options to every ppp connection that
will be made on your box, which rules out username parameters. I generally
as a rule never touch it. the Debian defaults seem to work okay.
Several pppd versions back there was an
Probably similar to the call parameter? that is what is used with the
debian pon script. this reads the relevant file from /etc/ppp/peers/*
for each set of options.
Michael,
Well, see, therein lies part of the problem with this ppp thing. It
changes so much with each release, with refinements
wb2oyc writes:
Well, see, therein lies part of the problem with this ppp thing. It
changes so much with each release, with refinements or whatever, that the
use of it is altered.
And therein lies part of the advantage of the Debian packaging system.
When Phillip releases a new upstream
On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Chang, FKK wrote:
Hello all,
I hope someone can help me with the following problem.
I have three providers, with different names, so that i can
use pon name1 etc. The scripts are made with pppconfig and
they work.
Good... :)
Problem is, for each one I have
The above file is only for global options to every ppp connection that
will be made on your box, which rules out username parameters. I generally
as a rule never touch it. the Debian defaults seem to work okay.
Several pppd versions back there was an option (-u) that specifies such
parameters. I
*- Chang, FKK wrote about PPP options for different providers - how ?
Hello all,
I hope someone can help me with the following problem.
I have three providers, with different names, so that i can
use pon name1 etc. The scripts are made with pppconfig and
they work.
Problem is, for
Chang, FKK writes:
Problem is, for each one I have different options, such as
dns xxx.yyy.zzz.uuu
pppd doesn't support this. Just pick the best set of dns servers and put
them in /etc/resolv.conf.
name myname
auth
pppconfig should have put these in the provider files. You don't need to
Michael Beattie writes:
This can be put in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets as this (I think its correct)
name_at_isp * password
then in each /etc/ppp/peers/* file, have an option, user name_at_isp
pppconfig does this automatically if you chose PAP authentication.
--
John Hasler
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wb2oyc writes:
Several pppd versions back there was an option (-u) that specifies such
parameters. I believe it is now deprecated, but it does still work! :)
hasler//usr/local/src/ppp/ppp-2.3.5/pppd pppd -u
pppd: unrecognized option '-u'
pppd version 2.3 patch level 5
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