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On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Andrzej Bialecki wrote:

> 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

We've tried this - no difference.  Any more ideas please?