Re: pppoe/dsl Connectiion Problem - Thanks

["Thomas H. George" <tom@spininternet.com>]

As soon as I saw the alias entrie - I did have them - I realized I had
to include the ppp sync and async modules and I rebuilt the kernel.
This solved the immediate problem.

Now I have a failure to authenicate but this may be because I built a
preliminary firewall that allows no incoming packets. Rather than
disabling it, I'm studying building a good basic firewall.

Tom

On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 08:47:47PM -0400, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:
> On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 02:22:04PM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote:
> > After following the directions in /usr/share/doc/pppoe/README.Debian and 
> > rebooting the system I find the following lines in syslog:
> > 
> >    Serial connection established.
> >    modprobe: Can't locate module tty-ldisc-3
> 
> Does /etc/modules.conf include the following?
> 
> alias char-major-108    ppp_generic
> alias /dev/ppp          ppp_generic
> alias tty-ldisc-3       ppp_async
> alias tty-ldisc-14      ppp_synctty
> 
> > 
> > Clearly I have overlooked something in building the kernel but what is 
> > missing is not clear to me.  In checking the possibilities I have added 
> > the ppp on ethernet module and the help for this module indicates a pppd 
> > patch may be necessary.  Since the system in question cannot connect to 
> > the internet, I have not yet obtained this patch.  I would appreciate 
> > any comments or suggestions.
> > 
> > Tom George
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Jerome