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From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za>
To: Tetsuji Rai <tetsuji@MailAndNews.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: iij-ppp stops suddenly
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On Thu, 02 Jul 1998 at 01:32 SAT, Tetsuji Rai wrote:
> 
>   I'm using 2.2.6R and iij-ppp on it to connect to my provider.   In most 
> cases it works fine, but sometimes (or often) stops.   When it happens, 
> output is working fine(LED on the modem blinks), however input doesn't 
> blocked (ie, LED(receive) on the modem doesn't blink at all).   ping 

I too have experienced this problem (under earlier releases of FreeBSD, and
using a Microcom FAST+).  Nobody could shed any light on the problem - it
seems that for most people, iijppp works fine.

I switched to pppd, and had no further problems.

(Remember that pppd uses the ppp network interface, and not tun!)

-- V

Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878

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