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Re: PPP inbound Dialup connections HELP!! (long)

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From: Guy Zimmer
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:00
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Hi...

Did you have activated the 'usedefaultroute' in ip-up or options ??
I have the sames here with Suse 6.1 But with 4 Modems and 4 ISDN Cards ...


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Phil Howlett schrieb in Nachricht ...
>Hi,
>
>I've got a linux box with a Stallion card so that I can provide dial-up
>connections to my network. (and out to the internet).
>
>I've compiled the kernel for the Stallion card, and I've tested it with the
>Stallion's own testing software. I can dial out on ALL lines.
>
>I'm running a Radius server, and Portslave on my Redhat 5.2 Linux box,
>running Kernel 2.2.9
>
>My Portslave IP is setup as 192.168.12.10 and my dialup lines are all
>192.168.12.20+ (from 20-28).
>
>I can't get any dial-up connections working.
>
>When a dialup connection occurs, the modems sing, and a connection is
>established. The PPP connection doesn't happen. I've checked all the logs,
>the Portslave hands the connection over to the Radius Server, the Radius
>server authenticates the user, then the portslave starts the ppp
connection.
>
>My only concern is when the PPP connection starts, there is an error saying
>"Route: no destination". Could I have a problem with my IP Address setup?
>
>When I do an ifconfig from the console as root, the pppx device is not up
>and running, but if I do a 'ifconfig -a' it is displayed with all the
>correct values (IP, PtP, etc) but just not 'up'.
>
>If I manually do an 'ifconfig ppp0 up' command I can actually ping the
>Portslave (192.168.12.10) but not the other end of the connection
>(192.168.12.20). I can see the modem Transmit/Receive lights pulse as it
>tries to ping.
>
>To cut a longs story short, my main questions are:
>
>1).    Am I going about this the right way? Is Portslave->Radius the best
>multi-dialup method? Are there alternatives, that also provide some form of
>logging/accounting such as Radius does. (pref. RPM's)
>
>2).    The "Route: no destination error", could that be cause of the ppp
>interface not coming 'up' because I am not IP masquerading the machine yet
>(the dialup box also has a 'real' IP Address, and it is searching for the
>'real' router on the network).
>
>3).    Could RedHat network scripts (in the /etc/sysconf/network-scripts/*)
>be interfering somehow with the setup I'm trying to do? I've had trouble in
>the past with RedHat not liking "specialized" software. Should I try
another
>distribution? If so, which one?
>
>I'm really scratching my head hear, could anyone please give me some
insight
>or an alternative.
>
>Cheers,
>Phil H.
>
>
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From: "Guy Zimmer" <gzimmer@pt.lu>
Subject: Re: PPP inbound Dialup connections HELP!! (long)
Date: 1999/06/15
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