by First off, I need to apologize for being such a clueless newbie when it
comes to PPP.
SITUATION: I have a SPARC laptop with Solaris 2.3 and DP-3.1.2. I have
gotten it to compile and I am struggling with the configuration.
My laptop has it's own IP address and it is known on the NIS network at
work. I would like to use my laptop, via PPP, to dial in and access
more than just text-based apps.
I have the modem config set up correctly, because 'tip' works well. I
can dial in at an effective baud rate of 38400.
The modem pool at work (Telebit Trailblazer with 24 nodes) gives a menu
after login and passwd verification which asks if you want to do a SLIP,
PPP, telnet, rlogin, etc connection. I am not worried about that part,
because I'll hash out the 'chat script' once I get the modem to dial.
My problem is that I don't understand how dp-3.1.2 works. If I tip into
the modem pool and select PPP packets start to come across. I don't see
how running another shell and executing 'ppp' will work. I still have a
shell spitting packets.
My dp log file says the daemon is running OK. I have NO idea how to
force the modem to "dial-on-demand" to start the ppp hookup. The docs
on dp are somewhat sparse and my TCP/IP handbook is sparser.
When I am at work, I plug in and the net knows my machine's IP. When
I'm remote I'm supposed to use one of the modem pool's IP addresses?
What do I do? Route command? ppp command? Can someone provide some
examples of their various config file? I could end up being any of 24 IP
addresses - I don't see a dynamic IP address allocation option for the
remote end... CONFUSED. ANY help is MOST appreciated! Pointing me
toward a FAQ or another help group is appreciated!
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