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Date:      Tue, 1 Apr 1997 11:49:09 -0600
From:      Tom Jackson <tom@peeper.jackson.org>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PPP Desperate for help!
Message-ID:  <19970401114909.30003@peeper.jackson.org>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970401095010.006a2504@etinc.com>; from dennis on Tue, Apr 01, 1997 at 09:50:12AM -0500
References:  <3.0.32.19970401095010.006a2504@etinc.com>

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On Tue, Apr 01, 1997 at 09:50:12AM -0500, dennis wrote:
> At 01:42 PM 4/1/97 +0100, 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.
> 
> Why not post a trace of the ppp negotiations? Perhaps there is a parameter
> conflict....are you getting to state IPCP_OPENED? If not, you cant pass
> traffic.

Is this dynamic set addressing? If it is and you have anything other than the
127.0.0.1 address for localhost in /etc/hosts, user ppp will not negotiate the
dynamic address (at least this is what happens on my box). Use netstat -i to
determine your links once the ppp link is up and report results.
-- 
Tom Jackson                                           I'm ProChoice->FreeBSD
toj@gorilla.net                                      http://www.freebsd.org
tjackson@tulsix.utulsa.edu                           "Out in the Ozone Again"



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