[olug] PPP server

[qcoldir at nmhs.org]

PPPD on RH 7.2 is busted.  RedHat added some "patches" that 
messed it up.  The remedy is to either compile your own, or better 
yet, install the pppd RPM from Mandrake.  I found this on RedHat's 
PPP listserv.

Quinn



On 25 Apr 2002 at 9:28, Mike Peterson wrote:

> I am not having good luck getting Redhat 7.2 to make a PPP connection.
> I have everything working fine with Redhat 7.1 however.
> I can get a HyperTerminal connection to my Redhat 7.2 and it connects at
> 38400 according to stty and 57600 according to the display at the bottom of
> HyperTerminal.
> The speed is controlled by the mgetty.config file for the most part I think.
> I also have on my Redhat 7.1 system added -s 38400 and -s 57600 to the
> mgetty line.
> I am not sure if this overrides the mgetty.config or not.
> S0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -D -s 38400 ttys0
> 
> In the options.server line that you referenced in login.config on the
> AutoPPP line, where did you find info about the file parameter?
> I setup my system like you described and added an IP address into
> pap-secrets and could not get a ppp connection to complete.
> Are you running DHCP on the PPP server also for giving out network address
> info to inbound clients?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: qcoldir at nmhs.org [mailto:qcoldir at nmhs.org]
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 8:39 AM
> To: olug at olug.org
> Subject: [olug] PPP server
> 
> 
> I connected from home last night to my PPP server and got a 28.8 connection.
> Up
> until this time I have been dialing out from work back into this box at
> work, so I was
> ging out of our PBX and then back into the PBX to get to this box (it's
> sitting on my
> desk to my 2nd phone line).  When I dialed in from hoem, of course I only
> hit the
> PBX once.  I had no idea that the PBX would cause that much of a problem.
> 
> Mike:  You said something about telling mgetty to only drop down to 33k or
> 28k.
> Where would I set this?
> 
> Quinn
> -------------------------------------------
> Quinn P. Coldiron
> Cerner Technical Coordinator
> Nebraska Methodist Hospital
> 402-354-1619
> qcoldir at nmhs.org
> 
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Cerner Technical Coordinator
Nebraska Methodist Hospital
402-354-1619
qcoldir at nmhs.org


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