PPP localhost loopback issue dialing in to home
Jon Moss
moss at metpro.com
Fri Mar 7 20:41:14 CST 2003
Very strange. After reading several HOW-TOs from the Linux
Documentation Project and double-checking most of my configuration
files, I decided to check my pap-secrets file. Low and behold it had
reverted back to what it was before I strated creating a PPP dialin
server!
Now, I'm able to dialin and got my correct IP address, but I can't see
my WinXP (DNS) workstation. I think my husband must have turned it off
this morning! :(
Oh, well, thanks for the help!
Jon Moss
moss at metpro.com
On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 11:16, Jon Moss wrote:
> Thanks for the tip. I logged back in and couldn't find a /etc/hostname
> file. There are a host.allow and host.deny files, but they are empty of
> entries. My hosts file contains all the relevant ip addresses for my
> home network, including the 192.168.0.5 that I want assigned to dialin
> ppp connections. My resolv.conf contains the DNS server address of
> 192.168.0.1.
>
> I've got to run an errand at lunch but will be back in an hour or so.
>
> Thanks for the quick reply!
>
> Jon Moss
> moss at metpro.com
>
> On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 10:48, Duane Attaway wrote:
> > On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Jon Moss wrote:
> >
> > > I thought I was doing good. Last week, I succeeded in configuring
> > > mgetty and autoppp on my home linux box. I was able to dialin in from
> > > work from my linux workstation and from my WindowsXP laptop. Both times
> > > I was assigned the correct IP address (192.168.0.5).
> > >
> > > I must have changed something at home because now the home linux box
> > > answers the phone, but will not establish a PPP connection. If I dialin
> > > using minicom, I am prompted to login from localhost (127.0.0.1). I
> > > can't ping to the network (192.168.0.1 is the DNS/DHCP server
> > > (unfortunately it's a WindowsXP computer); 192.168.0.2 is the linux
> > > computer).
> >
> > This appears to be a common event relating to name services. DHCP has a
> > facility for automatically setting this too. This may be what you are
> > seeing.
> >
> > /etc/hostname is the usual place for storing the hostname and the init
> > scripts run the "hostname" command to export it into the environment.
> >
> > I would check to see if it has the name for the host you want. I would
> > guess most dhcp scripts would try to resolve the hostname command with
> > your ISP's DNS and find its invalid and wipe out your old /etc/hostname
> > setting. If I understand this to be the case, I would set an entry for
> > the IP address you wish to use in your /etc/hosts.
> >
> > --
> > "It is the duty of a patriot to protect his country from its government"
> > -Thomas Paine
> > http://dattaway.org
> >
> >
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Jon Moss <moss at metpro.com>
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