PPP for dial in.

<Rockman> · 12-27-2002, 07:30 PM

hihi,

newbie here.

I am trying to config a server for dial in purposes. My client machine is properly set up already.
On my server, I have apache and mgetty setup.

However when I try dialing using kppp, things seems to be fine at first, but after sometime a error say "Timeout expired while waiting for PPP interface to come up!"

Any idea what is wrong? What are the config for the PPP? and how?

DavidPhillips · 12-27-2002, 09:03 PM

try this one

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=39004

<Rockman> · 12-27-2002, 09:54 PM

tried out .. but did not work ...
it seems like the server PPP is not running.
Read on some web site saying to configure /etc/ppp/options.ttyXX , but I only have /etc/ppp/options file.
what is the difference?

DavidPhillips · 12-28-2002, 07:26 AM

if you setup the mgetty/login.config the way I have it you don't need that file, but you can use it if you want to put the ip addresses of the host and client

192.168.0.1:192.168.0.2

ppp starts when the scripts start it, it's not running all the time

please look at the scripts again in this thread and tell us what your missing

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=39004

If you made changes to inittab you need to run init q

DavidPhillips · 12-28-2002, 07:48 AM

also what client are you using, if you have everything the way it shown in the thread then it may be a client problem

gokulagiridaran · 12-29-2002, 12:24 AM

the pobs is check for kppp dialer settings -> timeout ..and retry

DavidPhillips · 12-29-2002, 01:21 AM

gokulagiridaran

we are working on setting up a ppp server in this thread, I don't understand your reply.

<Rockman> · 12-30-2002, 12:53 AM

I am using Kppp on the client side, it dial properly to my ISP, but when I tried with my server, it gives error msg saying timeout waiting for PPP interface.

Just got a new problem, cannot even get the modem to communicate!! It was after I change some config but cannot remember what. It looks like there is nothing monitoring the ttyS0. Did I kill the mgetty?

DavidPhillips · 12-30-2002, 10:31 AM

what's in /etc/inittab, /etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config, /etc/ppp/options, and /etc/ppp/pap-secrets?

<Rockman> · 01-01-2003, 10:03 PM

etc/inittab:
ppp0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -s57600 -x ttyS0

etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config
/AutoPPP/ - a_ppp /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap asyncmap 0 192.168.0.1:192.168.0.2

etc/ppp/options
asyncmap
netmask 255.255.255.0
proxyarp
lock
crtscts
modem

etc/ppp/pap-secrets
* * * 192.168.0.2

This work partially. The client always say the server PPP connection is not ready. ...

DavidPhillips · 01-02-2003, 07:24 PM

it looks like it should work

the asyncmap in your options file should probably be

asyncmap 0

try adding debug to the pppd command or in the options file and look at /var/log/messages

<Rockman> · 01-03-2003, 01:48 AM

How would I know if my kernel is configured for ppp to run?
How do I know if my pppd is running?

I tried checking by using ps ax | grep ppp
it gives
1895 pts/0 T 0:00 man pppd
2165 pts/1 R 0:00 grep pppd

it seems that my pppd is not running

when I try dmesg | grep ppp | more
nothing appears.

DavidPhillips · 01-03-2003, 03:30 AM

run it like this as root

pppd

if you see a lot of characters on the screen for a few seconds then the kernel is ok

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pppd starts by the mgetty login.config

if you add the word

"debug" to the command line for pppd in login.config or to the options file you will get debug info in /var/log/messages

<Rockman> · 01-03-2003, 09:05 PM

It seem like the kernel does not support. When pppd was tried, it say "segmentation fault". What is the problem?

Also how do I make the kernel support it? read the How To for kernel, but still dunno how to do it. The make xconfig command reply with "no rule to make xconfig". Also it seem that I don't have the source file in my usr/src directory.

I have the red hat 7.3 CD, can I install it from there? can I get the source from there?

DavidPhillips · 01-03-2003, 11:30 PM

you need to install the kernel source then you can use that, you will see pppd in the config