Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 14:34:19 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: RCB <rbeer@jaguar.cris.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd connectivity over ppp weirdness Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970314143318.3720C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199703141812.KAA00219@jaguar.cris.com>
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On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, RCB wrote: > I have FreeBSD on my work machine and last night have installed it on > my home PC as well (converting both from Caldera Open Linux) (both > 2.1.7-RELEASE) > > >From home, I can make a PPP connection (dynamic IP) to an IP network, > and can perform all traditional ip functions, including > telnet/rlogin/ftp into machines, but when I try to rlogin to my work > FreeBSD box, a connection is made, but I'm never prompted for a > password -- the session 'freezes'. I did not have this problem when > connecting to my work FreeBSD machine from my home Linux box. Hm. There is a known bug where connecting twice to rsh in a short amount of time will jam the second session. Waiting 30s or so and trying again works fine. I don't know if this was fixed in 2.2 or not. > I experienced this back with 2.0.5 and earlier 2.1.X's, as well, and I > suspect that may be caused by dynamic ip addresses or the dynamic > domain name assigned to each connection. Perhaps the client/server is > blocking when attempting to resolve a domain name? Perhaps. Check with your DNS and make sure the dialup line has a proper reverse nameserver entry. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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