dial-in server

hi, how do i set-up a dial-in server in debian? what are the necessary files to configure? i have a debian 3.0 with 2.4.9 kernel. i appreciate all the help. thanks in advance! joey (still a newbie) : This e-mail is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, dist

Re: dial-in server

Hi, For my dialin server setup problem, i just installed mgetty and ppp. I also made sure my modem is Linux friendly. There's no problem with that. Wvdialconf can detect it at ttyS0. In my /etc/mgetty/login.config, I enabled the /AutoPPP/ - a_ppp /usr/sbin/ppd auth -chap +pap login -detach In

Re: dial-in server

Oki wrote: >Try to connect using HyperTerm, and see whether you could get the login: prompt. If you could, then the problem is in the PPP settings. I've tried the HyperTerm and login prompt appears. How could I correct the PPP problem? Joey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: dial-in server

Oki wrote: >What do you have in /etc/ppp/options? I leave mine as is-default config. Should I change it? >How do you set your /etc/ppp/options.ttyS? I set mine with :. Both in the same network of course. In relation with this, can I set the assignment of IPs to be handled automatically. In my

.."respawning too fast.."

Hi, I'm setting up my mgetty and got this error message: "INIT: Id "M0" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes" What could be the cause of this? Regards, Joey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

re:cannot ping other host

hi, i can now ping other host by enabling ip forwarding as mentioned by colleague Alvin. many thanks! joey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cannot ping other host

hi, i just set-up my dial-in server and no problem connecting. except i cannot ping other host in the LAN. i can only ping my ip and dial-in server's ip. what could be missing here? please help. joey q. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

automatic ip assignment

hi, is it possible that my dhcp server will assign ip address to my dial-in clients? please guide me as i'm quite confused with this. i understand that assignment of ip is hard-coded in the /etc/ppp/options.ttySn. how do i achieve that my dhcp server will assign the ip to dial-in clients? thank

Re: automatic ip assignment

>AFAIK, no. Assigning IP addresses for PPP connections is something >PPP does, if my understanding is correct. hmm. there must be another software to do this. in the windoze world, dhcp could do the assignment. >Just assign the dailup pool a few addresses and give a unique IP in >/etc/ppp/optio

Spurious interrupt...

Hi, Does anybody know what does this message means: "Spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7"? I'm running mgetty on Debian 3.0. Thanks! Joey : This e-mail is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, distribute or use the information in it as this could be a breach o