Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 07:49:57 +0100 From: Rob <robert@irrelevant.com> To: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu>, Ray Seals <rayseals@midwestis.com> Cc: "'FreeBSD Questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PPP problem with 2.2.7 Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980820074957.012a4e10@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.02.9808191130020.5772-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.ed u> References: <01BDCB58.4B8F8760.rayseals@midwestis.com>
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I had a problem with my machine, used for similar purposes. There are NO interrupt or address conflicts, yet ppp locked up on COM1. "term" would lock out so well I'd have to reboot to free up the tun0 device. It took me a while to try the modem on COM2, where it worked perfectly. Rob. At 11:30 19/08/98 -0400, Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke wrote: >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 >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> Midwest Information Systems >> >> http://www.midwestis.com >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> Ray Seals >> Network Engineer >> rayseals@midwestis.com >> Direct Dial: 314.930.0479 >> Office: 314.423.8377 >> Fax: 314.423.3944 >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> "Providing clear vision to the future" >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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