From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 1 02:47:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA23859 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 02:47:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from korin.warman.org.pl (korin.warman.org.pl [148.81.160.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA23853; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 02:47:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (abial@localhost) by korin.warman.org.pl (8.8.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA27130; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 12:23:56 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 12:23:55 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andrzej Bialecki To: Developer cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP Desperate for help! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Developer wrote: > > We are really stuck trying to get the PPP user program (ppp) to connect to > our Perle 833 dial in server. We can connect using Windows NT fine but on > BSD ppp logs in and then data will travel in both directions (As I can see > the modem lights flash at both ends for both send/recieve) but no data > seems to actually get through as pings do not work. The packets from the > server to the user, but seem to be lost on the way back. Let me take a guess: maybe it's a known problem with tcp_extensions set to YES in /etc/sysconfig? Some broken TCP stacks don't like it, so the solution would be to turn it off. Andy +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Andrzej Bialecki _) _) _)_) _)_)_) _) _) --------------------------------------- _)_) _) _) _) _)_) _)_) Research and Academic Network in Poland _) _)_) _)_)_)_) _) _) _) Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland _) _) _) _) _)_)_) _) _) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+