ppp problem on L class HPUX 11

[Tony Scully_1]

Hello,

I am trying to set up a ppp dial out connection to allow us to use ftp over a dial up link for EDI. I followed the steps in the ppp setup/config guide, but the connection failed becuase I had failed to create a record in the /etc/ppp/Dialers file. However the start up of the ppp daemon (using the default Autostart file) stopped all users being able to telnet, ftp etc to the system. From the console the only 'unusual' thing was that there was a du0 interface listed in netstat -rn which I assume is created by ppp as an IP interface for the dial up to use, there were no errors in syslog.log, no errors (except relating to the missing Dialers record) in /var/adm/pppd.log. I had to go down to single user nad back up to sort this out. Anyone seen this kind of thing before, and if so how do you avoid it. I've been relegated to the lab until I resolve this!!

[harry d brown jr]

What does (using the default Autostart file) mean?? Where does this file exist?

Also, what was the last patch bundle you have installed?

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harry

[Tony Scully_1]

As per HP docs, I took a copy of /etc/ppp/Autostart.ex to /etc/ppp/Autostart and added the line:

pppd xanthus:geis auto idle 150

xanthus:geis is localhost:remotehost

This may well be the issue, I don't know if this is starting the ppp daemon OK, or if it's starting, but then the whole IP traffic on the system is trying to use the ppp interface, it certainly stopped all the networking working, though everything on the box 'looked' OK.

patch set is:

QPK1100 B.11.00.56.5 Quality Pack for HP-UX 11.00, March 2002

Any help much appreciated, I haven't hung a system up like that for quite a while!