Subject: Re: ppp setups
To: Russell Cotton <rcotton@tenet.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/23/1997 17:46:59
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am running NetBSD on my LC II and would like to make a PPP connection 
> to my UNIX shell account (dialup). I can already do this in MacOS using 
> SLiRP on the UNIX side, but I can't seem to configure NetBSD to connect 
> right.
> 
> I pretty much have a standard install (ie: new and not customized, yet). 
> I have tried pppd, but I get a connect script failed error. I am trying 
> to use chat as the connect scriptor and I can't get it to dial or 
> anything. I have also tried dialing with dip, exitting, and running pppd 
> without a connect script, just the crtscts, defaultroute, 
> <local.ip.address:remote.ip.address> options.
> 
> I don't care what my local address is, slirp tells me to use 10.0.2.15 as 
> my local address, and the remote host is 198.213.2.9.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how I can get this to work?

Both Paul Goyette and I have ppp kits on ftp.macbsd.com. The one I put
up contains files he sent me, and the one he put up has demand-dial
stuff too.

Take care,

Bill