Re: pppd dialup

[Ignatios Souvatzis <is%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 08:01:07PM +0100, Georges Heinesch wrote:
> Quoting Ignatios Souvatzis (08-Apr-01 20:23:50):
> 
> > On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:00:04PM +0100, Georges Heinesch wrote:
> 
> >> Hi.
> >> 
> >> NetBSD/amiga 1.5 ... pppd stuff
> >> 
> >> While trying to install all pppd relevant files, I got hold of the
> >> NetBSD WWW published FAQ. The dialup worked, but the configuration
> >> from the FAQ was not possible "out of the box" (as usually ;).
> >> 
> >> 1. /etc/ppp/peers/myisp suggests to enter a fix host/peer IP
> >> address.
> >>    Well, this should rarely be the case with regular dialups. Is
> >>    there any pppd configuration FAQ around with deals with this
> >>    kind of dialup?
> >> 
> > man pppd:
> 
> >        ipcp-accept-local
> >               With this option, pppd will accept the peer's  idea
> >               of  our  local  IP  address,  even  if the local IP
> >               address was specified in an option.
> 
> >        ipcp-accept-remote
> >               With this option, pppd will accept the peer's  idea
> >               of  its  (remote) IP address, even if the remote IP
> >               address was specified in an option.
> 
> That's what I included and it works like that, but my question was if
> there is a ppp dialup FAQ dedicated to variable IP addresses (host and
> peer)? The above mentioned published FAQ doesn't cover this stuff.
> Many questions remain unanswered (like is the fix host/peer entry the
> /etc/ppp/peers/myisp _required_, and many more ... the man pages also
> don't always have answers readily available, or they do need deep
> inside networking knowledge. FAQs are supposed to overcome this
> problem ... hence my question for an appropriate FAQ.
> 
> >> 2. "pppd call isp" establishes the connection, but how do I get rid
> >>    again of the connection?
> 
> > kill `cat /var/run/pppN.pid`, for some value of N, normally 0.
> 
> Yep, that does it. Thanks!
> 
> Why is the PID not shown with "ps"?

It runs suid root, I think, so you'll only see it with ps a.

        -is