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Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 00:02:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Chris <chris@ferraro.net>
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Subject: Re: PPP problems
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On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Chris wrote:

> I am having a process with User Process PPP.  I am using the September 23
> release, but the problem occurs on older versions.  I am using FreeBSD
> 2.2.2.
> 
> I have replaced the configuration files with the newer versions and
> modified them to no avail.
> 
> Occasionally, PPP traffic just stops.  PPP won't pass any traffic.  The
> routing tables do not change.  The problem occurs randomly.  Outgoing ping
> traffic simply is not returned, but does not return a message (ie. no
> route to host).  I can ping other systems on my local network and myself
> without problems.

Are you sure your link isn't going down because of a timeout or loss of
carrier?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major