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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:54:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Barry John Freshwater <barryf@dircon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: socket error
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On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Barry John Freshwater wrote:

> Dear all at FreeBSD,
> 
> Output from uname -a as requested.
> 
> FreeBSD barryf.dircon.co.uk 2.2.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE #:Wed
> Jul 22 08:48:29 GMT 1998    root@builder.cdrom.com :
> /usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386

Yay!! Someone actually read my motd! Thanks!! :-)

> I have been using FreeBSD since august, and I have the KDE desktop
> installed and run browsers grail, netscape, Mosaic and lynx, I am using
> a single standalone PC at home with no connections to any network.
> 
> My problem is that when I try to connect to my isp via modem ( I dial in
> using the pppd facility on KDE ), the line holds up to timeout(300 sec)
> but I am not able receive or send any data, the grail browser says there
> are socket errors i.e. socket error instance at 35fc20>), 377c00>),
> 38cd80>), I have also installed and run the socket package but to no
> avail.

Sounds like you're forgetting to add a default route through the link
you've just brought up.

> with arguments -deflate, defaultroute and interface, and the
> /etc/ppp/options file empty - as KDE's manual.

kppp is fairly braindead.  I suggest working with ppp, aka user mode ppp.

Doug White                               
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