Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 16:48:55 -0500 From: Tom Jackson <toj@gorilla.net> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with -current ppp Message-ID: <19970921164855.48382@my.domain> In-Reply-To: <199709211257.NAA27388@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>; from Brian Somers on Sun, Sep 21, 1997 at 01:57:27PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970920220934.349B-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> <199709211257.NAA27388@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Sun, Sep 21, 1997 at 01:57:27PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > > [snip] > > > > A while back after all this password (and other I guess) stuff was > > commited, I would be getting unable to open port 3000 messages, and now > > with the same script that I use, I must wait for ppp to dial my isp then > > hit ctrl c to "kill" it, it will then be able to connect. If I don't it > > the remote modem drops carrier after a while, and ppp hangs. > > I don't think I follow this. I assume ppp is being run interactively. > Are you saying you have to "dial", then ^C, then dial again ? > > You may have been suffering from a Predictor1 bug that was recently > fixed. This would cause the line to "hang" very soon after > connection. The latest copy on http://www.freebsd.org/~brian has > this fixed. > > > - alex > > > > -- > Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org> > <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... > > I've been having this *exact* same problem of carrier being dropped and thought it was my ISP's fault. Will someone please elaborate. Tom
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