RE: Problem setting up a ppp server

> We are having a communication gap here. I assume your w2k client was
> configured by right clicking on the Network icon and choosing
> properties and then creating a dial-up connection. Normally this method
> is using ppp communication from the w2k machine. Therefore it better be
> using ppp on the side. So if you are not using AutoPPP you are not
> starting a ppp connection. When mgetty starts pppd it is running as root
> so pppd runs. Now is more usual to use pap authentication so you don't
> need to type your usr-id and passwd to the server.

Yes I am  setting up the dial-up networking that way. I am fully aware that
I should use PAP
authentication but one of the first rules of setting up and testing, as far
as I am concerned
anyway, is to test as I go along. That way I know when something breaks what
is causing that 
break. I could set up AutoPPP and have exactly the same problem, which I
think will be the case
and not know if it is AutoPPP that is wrong or something else. This way I
know it is something 
else. I think the appropriate acronym is KISS, Keep It Simple Stupid, no
slight on you BTW. Just
test small simple chunks and then it is easier to locate the cause.

The PPP Howto actually tells you how to set up the way I am doing it and
does not cover AutoPPP.
It is now uncommon to connect this way but back in the early 1990s it was
very common to get a 
login prompt from an ISP. The whole idea is that once I have authenticated
using a standard
telnet style dial-up session I can start ppp manually from that session and
then start doing
the normal ppp stuff. At the moment I am trying to set this up remotely as
well so it is usefull
to have the ability to get a telnet window before I start ppp so I can
change settings before 
starting ppp.

> dns servers do not supply gateway information they just supply ip
addresses
> for machine names. You probably mean dhcp servers which do.
> ppp gateway information is supplied by the client and
> it is the address of the server. I can't right now check my w2k machine
> but client configuration must supply the gateway information explicitly
> or implicitly.

I am fully aware what dns does and if you reread my previous post you will
see I said
dns is configured correctly but the remote machine does not get the default
gateway set
correctly. At no point to I imply that dns supplies the default gateway.
There is no 
confusion on my part as to what application does what. I was simply
highlighting the fact 
that the ppp server does supply some of the information correctly.

Thanks

Simon


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