Subject: Re: How do I get PPP progress while connecting.
To: Roger Fischer <rfischer@hac2arpa.hac.com>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/27/1998 16:41:53
Roger Fischer wrote:
> I've got ethernet working between my two macs.  I've got PPP working,
> and I've got IPNat working.  Really COOL!  The stuff to learn seems
> endless. 

Ain't it tho? ;-)

> I'm using the Wstudenmund PPP scripts.  Does anybody know if there is a
> way I can monitor the connection status while dialing ensues?  
> 
> Something similar to this:
> dialing...
> connect...
> logging on...
> starting ppp...
> PPP up, your IP address is  xxx.xxx.xx.xxx

tail -f /var/log/messages

(assuming you have syslog.conf setup so that it catches pppd logging).  I
think the appropriate level is noted in the pppd man page.

Good luck!

-- 
Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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