Re: BSpro can't connect

John G. Thompson (jgt10@livingston.com)
Fri, 20 Dec 1996 09:40:31 -0800 (PST)

On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, Jon Lewis wrote:
>
> On Fri, 20 Dec 1996 patrick@value.net wrote:
>
> > > I'll restate my question...why doesn't the PM do any of the decoding that
> > > Bill Lutton's decoder script does? I had no idea what was in the output
> > > from debug 0x51...I just remembered it dumps lots of info that often leads
> > > to solving the problem.
> >
> > Overhead.
>
> Well...then perhaps they should have spent a bit more on the CPU or
> actually run those AMD 386-33's at their rated speed. Don't they run them
> at 25mhz instead?

I've asked for this and other enhancements. The answer is limited
resources and higher priority facilities DEMANDED by the customers like...

OSPF (JGT ducking under the desk...)

> > > Are there clear instructions somewhere on setting up a pm2 to dial into a
> > > pm2, authenticate with PAP, and act as the Internet gateway for the
> > > originating pm2's network?
> >
> > No.
>
> It's kind of ironic that it should be far easier to get a Linux box to
> dial into a PM than it is to get a PM to dial into another PM.

Ironic? Nah. Just unusual. In fact, out right rare.

> I wonder
> if someone at Livingston would be willing to talk us through it since we
> are trying to get 2 Livingston products to talk after all.

Actually, it is quite easy...

local PM2 - George remote PM2 - Paul
ether0 = 192.168.2.2 ether0 = 192.168.1.1

add netuser george
set user george dest 192.168.2.2
set user george netm 255.255.255.0
set user george prot ppp
set user george mtu 1500
set user george pass ringo

add location paul
set location paul prot ppp
set location paul mtu 1500
set location paul rout off
set location paul dest 192.168.1.1
set location paul netm 255.255.255.0
set location paul max 1
set location paul user george
set location paul pass ringo
set location paul tel 5551212

set console
set debug 0x51
dial paul

...

set deb off

JGT

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