Summary: Solaris 2.3 PPP and MacPPP

From: Rahul Roy (roy@mss.com)
Date: Mon Apr 10 1995 - 14:02:24 CDT


Thanks to all the replies I got .........
My original posting :

>Hi Managers !!
>
> Does anyone know how to troubleshoot a point to point
>protocol setup involving a Solaris 2.3 server and a MacPPP host machine ??
>I am not able to get past an establishment message on the Mac side....as far
>as I know, I have configured the server side correctly (/etc/asppp.cf file).
>
>Thanks,
>Rahul Roy

You can set the debug option in /etc/asppp.cf, here's my entry:

ifconfig ipdptp0 plumb upstage ups netmask + up
path
        interface ipdptp0
        debug_level 9
        peer_system_name ups # name in /etc/uucp/Systems
        inactivity_timeout 600 # allow ten minutes before timing out

This causes copius info in /var/adm/log/asppp.log. Hopefully you will
be able to see what is happening.

regards,

--
Glenn Satchell       
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try setting the Mac to get its address from the server rather than setting it in the MacPPP setup.

I had similar problems where I would get to the Establishment phase and the Network phase would never complete , but once I switched to allow the remote end (an Annex terminal server in my case) to provide the address to the Mac it all worked fine and I now have a reliable 28.8K PPP connection.

hope this helps

cheers

Frank -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

The first thing I did before hooking my Mac up to a 2.3 machine was to get the PPP patch installed (101425-04). This is a back-port of PPP from Solaris 2.4. Never had any problems from the word go.

(Mac System 7.1, MacPPP 2.0.1, MacTCP 2.0.4 / 2.0.6)

Cheers,

Peter B.



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