Re: Q: pppd & providers
Clayton Stapleton writes:
> Entered pon and an error stating that in /etc/ppp/peer/provider the modem
> was wrong.
Please post the exact error.
> Modified that file with ttyS1 and 115200. Now when entering pon I get the
> dial tone but no dialing of the phone number.
Please post copies of /etc/chatscript/provider, /etc/ppp/peers/provider,
and the output of the plog command.
> Looking in the "provider" file again there is a"defaultroute" that needs
> defining.
It does not need defining and has nothing to do with your problem.
> Have no idea of what default route should be added to the system routing
> table
You don't need to add anything. The defaultroute option tells pppd that
it is to add a default route via the ppp connection and the ISP's host once
the connection is up.
> who knows where this table is located
It is in the kernel. but you need not worry about it.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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