Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 25 Nov 2000 12:10:49 -0700 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: setting up pppd dial-in on linux |
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On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 11:48:06PM -0800, J Sloan wrote: > "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. > > Red Hat's ppp client setup is about a 90 second job
I am using theirs as a base. Setup's not the issue. It's the chap MD5 authentication for NT clients and the constant crashing that's troublesome. I have it working, just not with NT clients.
> > > 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. > > hmm, an awful lot of ISPs use Linux dialup servers... > > I set up a linux ppp server back in 1996 - things might have > changed, but it seemed fairly straightforward at the time - > > can't imagine it's gotten worse since then... > > > Who out there is an expert on Linux pppd that would like > > to help put together some easy configs for standard > > dial-in scenarios? > > Crunch time for me right now, finals coming right up...
Thank's anyway. I'll keep working on the bugs.
:-)
Jeff
> > I'll bet there's quite a few ISP-savvy admins who could > lend a hand though - > > jjs > - 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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