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Re: Is there a Diald Guru in the House?



> From: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
> To: Kevin Traas <ktraas@uniserve.com>
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Is there a Diald Guru in the House? 
> Date: Tuesday, January 07, 1997 7:39 PM
> 
> 
> On Tue, 07 Jan 1997 17:09:27 PST "Kevin Traas" (ktraas@uniserve.com) 
> wrote:
> 
> > I've got debugging turned on and from "/var/log/messages" I'm finding
the
> > following: (I'm happy with the first two lines; however, I think the
> > following two are a problem....>
> > 
> > local IP address a.b.c.y
> > remote IP address a.b.c.z
> > ppp not replacing existing default route to sl0[a.b.c.z]
> > Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP
> > 
> > I've got ppp configured as per the "ppp-HOWTO".  Everything is working
well
> > there, so I'm pretty sure all of my problems are related to "Diald"
> > configuration.
> 
> I suspect you haven't modified the ppp configuration files for it to run
with diald. Some options needs to be removed from the ppp file so that it
can run with diald. See the diald manpage. (Typically: modem, crtscts,
defaultroute, and others...)
> BTW this means that once you'll have set up ppp to work with diald, you
won't be able to run it without it. Unless you use two different
configuration files for use with and without diald.

Funny.... I didn't read anything about removing options....  And believe
me, I've been RTFM'ing for too many hours over this....  I've read every
man page, FAQ, HOWTO, and mini-HOWTO I could find....

But thanks for the info.  I'll give your suggestions a try when I get back
into work tomorrow morning.

Later,

Kevin Traas
Systems Analyst
Edmondson Roper 
Chilliwack, BC, Canada
http://users.uniserve.com/~erca

System Administrator
ValleyNet (a CN operated by the Fraser
Valley Community Information Society)


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