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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 11:30:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu>
Subject: Re: PPP problem with 2.2.7
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Have you checked to make sure your COM port and the NIC are not on
conflicting IRQs?  This would definitely cause a freeze in ppp.

Joe Clarke

On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Ray Seals wrote:

> I have a server that was running 2.2.2 and one night the server was turned 
> off (not shutdown properly).  Upon restart the server developed a problem 
> with the hard drive that fsck was unable to fix.  I decided to do a low 
> lever format on drive, which is an IDE drive.  I then installed 2.2.7 on 
> this machine.  2.2.7 installed without a hitch.
> 
> The function of this machine is to use ppp for dial out internet access for 
> a group.  Now the machine is back up and running but ppp doesn't work. 
>   When I start ppp it just hangs for about 2 minutes and then gives me the 
> prompt back.  My ppp startup line is "ppp -auto -alias htc.  htc is the ISP 
> that I use.
> 
> Ppp works when I take the network card out of the machine, but it hangs 
> when the card is there.  No hardware has been added removed or changed in 
> this machine since it ran 2.2.2.  I repeat NO hardware has changed.
> 
> I know that there were changes to ppp, but where they that huge?  I have 
> looked at the man page but I don't see a whole lot that's different.
> 
> Here is the run down on the machine:
> 
> 486 DX/2 66
> 32 megs of memory
> 1.2 Gig Maxtor HD
> 3c509 NIC
> Diamond SpeedStar 64 (OLD)
> Monochrome Monitor
> 3 1/2 Floppy
> IDE CDROM
> USR Sportster 28.8 External
> 
> Thanks,
> Ray
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