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Date:      Tue, 1 Apr 1997 12:23:55 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Andrzej Bialecki <abial@korin.warman.org.pl>
To:        Developer <dev@fgate.flevel.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PPP Desperate for help!
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.95.970401121635.26744E-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970401095852.23732A-100000@fgate.flevel.co.uk>

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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

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