Re: Strange problem with ppp server --MKP
>Mike Patterson writes:
>> He dials in, and pap is authenticated. Great! First problem, though, is that
>> no entries get created via route and ifconfig, so he gets stuck.
>
>You need to give pppd local and remote ip numbers, like this:
>192.168.0.1:192.168.0.23
I did that in my last attempt. I put it in /etc/ppp/options.
>> So I manually put entires in right after he logs in like so:
>
>> ifconfig ppp0 192.168.0.23 netmask 255.255.255.255 up
>> route add 192.168.0.23 ppp0
>
>> The strangest thing is when I try telnetting to his machine, it connects to
>> the server! (I.E. the server is 192.168.0.1. telnet 192.168.0.23 just loops
>> back to it)
>
>Well, sure. pppd has already assigned 192.168.0.1 to the "server" end of the
>link; now you are assigning 192.168.0.23 to it. Once up, a ppp link looks to
>the kernel just like a two-host ethernet. ppp0 is the server's interface to
>this two-host network. ifconfig operates on it, not the other end. You can't
>ifconfig another host's interface.
I figured this out eventually, but I still haven't figured out what it should
be... And I assume pppd should be doing it for me.
/etc/ppp/options:
asyncmap 0
proxyarp
lock
crtscts
modem
defaultroute
192.168.0.1:192.168.0.23
dns-addr 192.168.0.1
/etc/mgetty/login.config:
/AutoPPP/ - ppp /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap login modem crtscts lock -vj proxyarp
/etc/mgetty/mgetty.config:
port ttyS2
data-only y
init-chat "" at&c1&d2 OK
speed 38400
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