Thanks for your response! > From: Jens B. Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Kevin Traas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Is there a Diald Guru in the House? > Date: Wednesday, January 08, 1997 7:18 AM > > Kevin Traas wrote: > > > > I'm trying to get Diald cofigured on my Linux 1.2.1 box and am running into > > some problems I'm hoping you can help me with..... > > > > Here's what I'm experiencing: > > > > I've got debugging turned on and from "/var/log/messages" I'm finding the > > following: (I'm happy with the first two lines; however, I think the > > following two are a problem....> > > > > local IP address a.b.c.y > > remote IP address a.b.c.z > > ppp not replacing existing default route to sl0[a.b.c.z] > > As the others who posted responses to this have said: > the documentation that indicates a number of options you > should not use in your ppp options file. Diald passes these options > itself. Here's an excerpt from the diald(8) man page: > > When diald is being used in PPP mode extra options can b > passed on to pppd by specifying them after a "--" on the > command line. This should not normally be necessary as > default options can be placed into the /etc/ppp/options > file. But, if you need to run multiple instances of pppd > with different options then you will have to make use of > this ability. Note that some pppd options should not be > specified, not even in the /etc/ppp/options file, because > they will interfere with the proper operation of diald. > In particular you should not specify the tty device, the > baud rate, nor any of the options crtscts, xonxoff, > -crtscts, defaultroute, lock, netmask, -detach, modem, > local, mtu and proxyarp. Use the equivalent diald options > to control these pppd settings. Okay. Thanks for the info. I've checked things out and I don't have any of these options specified in the /etc/ppp/options file. Yet things still aren't working.
> > Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP > > Are you using proxy-arp? If you don't have an ethernet connection > on your machine you don't need this. I was trying to; however, whenever it is enabled, I get the above error message in /var/log/messages. And, yes, I do have an ethernet connection. This box is acting as a router between my ISP and my LAN. > > I've got ppp configured as per the "ppp-HOWTO". Everything is working well > > there, so I'm pretty sure all of my problems are related to "Diald" > > configuration. > > > > On the diald front, everything pretty much follows the default settings > > (except for "local", "remote", and "connect" in /etc/diald/diald.options). > > The "connect" string is set to run "/etc/ppp/scripts/ppp-up" which is the > > same script I've successfully used to establish a ppp connection. > > > > If you want to see my various scripts and conf/option files, please e-mail > > me directly and I'll send them to you. > > > > TIA for your help or any tips you can give me, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper Chilliwack, BC, Canada http://users.uniserve.com/~erca System Administrator ValleyNet (a CN operated by the Fraser Valley Community Information Society) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
