Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 25 Nov 2000 12:12:24 -0700 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: setting up pppd dial-in on linux |
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On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 02:28:56PM +0100, Pedro M. Rodrigues wrote: > > You are not alone. And the problem gets even worse when you > have to deal with ISDN devices. In my company´s data room we > have all Linux servers running 365 days a year (minus upgrade > time) and in one corner a lonely Windows NT Server 3.0 with 5 > Client Access Licenses working as a RAS server for 2 Diva Server > BRI cards (4 analog/digital channels) plus one analog modem. > Time to set it up? Half an hour counting NT installation. Time i lost > investigating and trying different configurations, dealing with > contradictory documentation, chat scripts, different ipppd versions, > and authentication failures? 2 days. At Ieast i cant complain about > pppd oops, as you do, the pppd in RH6.2 seemed solid. The > document of reference that seemed more interesting to me at the > time was http://www.swcp.com/~jgentry/pers.html , have a look > please.
Thanks. We need to get the Linux stuff to the same point. From our analysis, it's the only weak feature left -- Linux either matches or surpasses NT in every other area now except this one.
Jeff
> > > Regards, > Pedro > > On 25 Nov 2000, at 0:36, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > > > > > > Anyone out there a whiz at setting up a pppd dialin server? I am > > trying to put together an RPM for pppd dialin configurations > > that will support default Windows NT and Linux dial in clients > > without requiring the poor user to learn bash scripting, chat > > scripting, mgetty and inittab configuration, etc. The steps > > in setting this up are about as easy as going on a U.N. relief > > mission to equatorial Africa, and most customers who are > > "mere mortals" would give up about an hour into it. > > > > I am seeing massive problems with pppd dial-in and IP/IPX > > routing with problems that range from constant Oops, to > > the bug infested pppd daemon failing valid MD5 chap > > authentication. The HOW-TO's and man pages provide > > wonderful commentary on all the things about pppd > > that don't work, but it's not too helpful on getting > > it to work reliably. An NT dial-in server takes about > > 5 minutes to configure on W2K. Linux takes about 2 days, and > > won't stay up reliably. > > > > Who out there is an expert on Linux pppd that would like > > to help put together some easy configs for standard > > dial-in scenarios? > > > > Thanks > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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