Re: starting ppp on host end
jens wrote,
> Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
> >
> > > > OK, for the really dumb question: how do I start ppp on the other end on
> a
> > > > debian box? it seems to be with pppd to start the daemon, but I'm having
> > > > trouble figuring out the man & doc pages.
> >
> > > Actually I recommend using mgetty. mgetty is capable of "auto sensing" ppp
> when
> > > it picks up the line so you don't even have to log in and start ppp, your
> > > script simply waits for connect and then you authenticate using PAP or CHAP
> .
> >
> > so I merely need to install mgetty on the remote host, and it will
> > replace getty?
> >
> > > If
> > > you like you can have pppd use the regular user/password database to
> > > authenticate you. Having installed mgetty and made the necessary changes to
> > > /etc/inittab you can put this line in /etc/mgetty/login.config (my email cl
> ient
> > > might wrap the line but it's supposed to be a single line):
> > >
> > > /AutoPPP/ - - /usr/sbin/pppd proxyarp auth -chap +pap login modem
> > > crtscts 192.168.1.1:192.168.1.127
> >
> > I've tryied a PAP script, but I can't see a difference between it's end and t
> e plain chat script. So let's see if I've got this straight:
> >
> > 1) install mgetty on the remote host
> > 2) put the Autoppp line above in, but switch "local" for "modem crtscts"
> > as this is coming in over ethernet by the time it gets to the remote
> > host. And switch to IP numbers to the static addresses for my local
> > machine and the remote (i have a secon IP on the same subnet to use\
> > for the local machine).
> > 3) use pppconfig to get an initial PAP chatscript.
> > 4) add a few lines aftr connect to handle the network logon and machine
> > selection, stoppping right before the remote system would offer a login
> > prompt.
>
> Ooops. Sorry, I forgot that you're not dialing into a modem. No, this won't wor
> k because mgetty only works on modems. Hmmm. If you have a
> script on the remote end which just runs pppd you should be able to just run th
> is. Is that what you had working before? You were using pon?
> Why?
months ago, I was using pon to go straight to an ISP. Now i need to go
throught the university modem pool, login to that netwrok, issue a command
to go 8 bit clean, then another to telnet to the ppp "host", at which time
I can initiate ppp. Howe ef, this time I control the machines at both
ends; I just need to get them talking.
hmm, it must be time to o to bed--i'm trying to figure out if ppp stands
for "particularly painful protocol" :)
>
> > 5) try pon again.
> >
> > > > I've figured out to insert
> > > > the ppp & shlc modules on the host, but I'm not clear on what else to do.
> >
> > > You shouldn't need to insert these modules if you have modules auto loaded.
> >
> > that's my impression too, but my modules don't seem to autoload:
> Weird. Ok.
yeah, i've just learned to live with it. It's not a big enough problem
to spend a day on.
rick
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