Re: setting up pppd dial-in on linux

[Jeff V. Merkey]

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
>