Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 19:57:45 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Andrew Stevens <andrew@log.on.ca> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PPP Problems Message-ID: <199801141957.TAA20214@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jan 1998 20:56:49 EST." <m0xsI70-0004CcC@logon.log.on.ca>
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> -- [ From: Andrew Stevens * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
>
> Greetings:
>
> I recently moved FreeBSD to a new computer (did a reinstall, only copied
> motd and a few other files), and ever since the move, my modem has been
> involuntarily disconnecting while I am on the internet. While I am on the
> web or doing downloads, things work fine and I can be on for hours at a time
> , but as soon as I do something which requires short, quick blips back and
> forth between myself and another machine (in particular, checking my mail,
> finger, ICQ), the modem disconnects. Any ideas what the problem might be?
> I'm currently running FreeBSD 2.1.7 with the new, hacked version of ppp,
> which was obtained from the FreeBSD site.
>
> Thanks in advance,
Can you try installing the 970113 version. It now uses whatever
libalias is available. After you install, if your problem persists,
can you try removing /usr/lib/libalias.so.2.5, then restart ppp and
see if the problem persists ?
I'm just trying to narrow things down.
> Andrew Stevens.
Thanks.
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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