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From: Chris <chris@ferraro.net>
To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: PPP problems
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"UNIX _is_ user friendly.  Its just selective about who its friends are"


On Sat, 27 Sep 1997, Doug White wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Chris wrote:
> 
> > 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?

No, I have checked that by calling the modem number.  I am also using `ppp
-alias -ddial pmdemand`, but the same problem will occur when using ppp
and then term to connect