Re: pppoe

[Ken Weingold <hazmat@hellrot.org>]

On Sun, Dec 10, 2000, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote:
> you'll need to hack the config files some, though which ones depends
> on how Mindspring is handling authentication and how the package they
> provide is configure.
> 
> look at pap-secrets, chap-secrets, options (and if it exists
> options,pppoe) under /etc/ppp/.  The -secrets files should contain
> username password stuff, in the format:
> 
> <username> * "<password>"
> 
> the options file(s) you probably won't have to touch, but you can turn
> on verbose logging there for debuging purposes.

As far as I know I did all this.  The pppoe package from Mindspring
came with a readme, though not terribly helpful.  It is from Network
Telesystems, who makes the Windows and maybe Mac pppoe software.  It
came with six files:

pppoe
free_pty
start-pppoe
stop-pppoe
options.pppoe
Readme

First four go in /usr/local/bin and options.pppoe goes in /etc/ppp.  I
had already put what you said in pap-secrets.  It also says to put the
username in start-pppoe, but when I run it it always says 
"unrecognized option 's14b23@mindspring.com'".  Yes, for Mindspring
you have to have the email address in the username.  I commented that
out from start-pppoe and it went away.  As I said, I got it to the
point that I would run it and just get another prompt.  But no
connection would be made. 

> check /var/log/{ppp.log,syslog,messages} to see what pppd has to say.
> Yes pppd, it does the "real work" start-pppoe calls a bunch of stuff
> that does the right magic to encapsulate the ppp stuff then hands off
> to plain old pppd.  

pppd is there.  Does this tell you anything?

kernel: pppoe uses obsolete (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET)
kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
kernel: PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
kernel: registered device ppp0
pppd[216]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
pppd[216]: Using interface ppp0
pppd[216]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyp0
pppd[216]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
pppd[216]: Modem hangup
pppd[216]: Connection terminated.
pppd[216]: Exit.



Thanks again.


-Ken