Vijay Sankar wrote:
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> Claudio Jeker wrote:
>> So ppp(8) did insane routing message handling in its sysctl handlers. 
>> The
>> worst thing about them are that their actually not needed and better
>> replaced with libc functions (getifaddrs and if_nametoindex).
>>
>> This diff is not haevily tested (my last ppp usage is years ago) so I'm
>> hopeing people with ppp(8) issues could give this a whirl and see if it
>> fixes the problems.
>>   
> Hi,
>
> I built the kernel and userland from yesterday's cvsync and applied 
> the patch. I tried for the past few hours to get connected to my ISP 
> but unfortunately haven't been able to test the dial up ppp connection 
> completely. However, FWIW here is my feedback.
>
> I got a dialup account from my ISP to test this out but I am not able 
> to use a PCMCIA modem -- probably something I am doing is wrong but I 
> don't unfortunately understand how to get over this hurdle.
>
I tried a different server and a different modem

puc0 at pci6 dev 0 function 0 "US Robotics 3CP5610" rev 0x01: ports: 1 com
com3 at puc0 port 0 apic 2 int 20 (irq 5): ns16550a, 16 byte fifo

The patched ppp works!! Thanks very much.

PPP ON server10> show phy
Name: deflink
 State:           open (with carrier)
 Device:          /dev/cua03
 Link Type:       interactive
 Connect Count:   1
 Physical outq:   0
 Queued Packets:  0
 Phone Number:    N/A

Defaults:
 Device List:     "/dev/cua03"
 Characteristics: 115200bps, cs8, no parity, CTS/RTS on
 CD check delay:  device specific

Connect time: 0:13:58
22886 octets in, 21505 octets out
1548 packets in, 279 packets out
  overall       52 bytes/sec
  currently     92 bytes/sec in,     91 bytes/sec out (over the last 5 secs)
  peak         341 bytes/sec on Thu Jul  2 22:20:55 2009

PPP ON server10> show bundle
Phase Network
 Device:        /dev/tun0
 Interface:     tun0 @ 115200bps, up time 0:13:33
 Queued:        1 of 30

Defaults:
 Label:
 Auth name:         vsankar
 Diagnostic socket: none
 Choked Timer:      120s
 Radius config:     none (not authenticated)
 Idle Timer:        180s (179s remaining)
 Filter Decap:      disabled             ID check:          enabled
 Iface-Alias:       disabled             IPCP:              enabled
 IPV6CP:            enabled              Keep-Session:      disabled
 Loopback:          enabled              PasswdAuth:        disabled
 Proxy:             disabled             Proxyall:          disabled
 Sticky Routes:     enabled              TCPMSS Fixup:      enabled
 Throughput:        enabled              Utmp Logging:      enabled
 NAS-IP-Address:    enabled              NAS-Identifier:    enabled

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Vijay Sankar, M.Eng., P.Eng.
ForeTell Technologies Limited
59 Flamingo Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3J 0X6
Phone: (204) 885-9535, E-Mail: vsankar@foretell.ca