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Article #22Re: PPP inbound Dialup connections HELP!! (long)
From: Guy Zimmer
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:00
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 ... l8r 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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,525c77faec63e055 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: fc4a0,525c77faec63e055 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc4a0,public X-Google-Thread: fe70d,525c77faec63e055 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe70d,public From: "Guy Zimmer" <gzimmer@pt.lu> Subject: Re: PPP inbound Dialup connections HELP!! (long) Date: 1999/06/15 Message-ID: <7k60ri$lk8$1@calais.pt.lu> X-Deja-AN: 489920717 References: <RM793.1636$fR5.9086@ozemail.com.au> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.pt.lu X-Trace: calais.pt.lu 929466034 22152 195.46.225.15 (15 Jun 1999 17:00:34 GMT) Organization: Entreprise des P&T NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Jun 1999 17:00:34 GMT Newsgroups: alt.comp.linux.isp,alt.os.linux.dial-up,aus.computers.linux