On Mon, Oct 27, 1997 at 11:46:14PM +0000, Pere Camps wrote: > I am not able to set up my Linux box as a ppp server (just one ppp > line). It looks like pppd is assigning it's IP address to the client. > > The server's IP address is 147.83.61.27, and the clients' should > be 147.83.61.201 > > ===CUT=== > > options.ttyS2 > > ===CUT=== > # If you need to set up multiple serial lines then copy > # this file to > # options.<ttyname> for each tty with a modem on it. > # > # The options.tty file will assign an IP address to each PPP connection > # as it comes up. They must all be distinct! > # > # Example: > # options.ttyS1 for com2 under DOS. > # > # Edit the following line so that the first IP address > # mentioned is the ip address of the serial port while the second > # is the IP address of your host > # > # I usually use the convention bbs + dash + last 2 character of > # the ttyname to refer to serial ports. > # For example servername_s1 for ttyS1 on server "servername" > > #bbs-s1:bbs > 147.83.61.201:bbs > ===CUT===
I had this problem too. The text and example in options.ttyXX appears to be incorrect; they should be the other way around. (At least, that fixed it for me). This file is only mentioned but not documented in ppp(8). I filed a bug report. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, StudIEAust [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Student, computer science & computer systems engineering. 3rd year, RMIT. http://hamish.home.ml.org/ (PGP key here) CPOM: [***** ] 58% Your train has been cancelled due to defective government at Spring Street.. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
