Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 12:17:33 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Dean <dean@thegrid.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting ppp to find anything Message-ID: <199710261217.MAA12447@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Oct 1997 23:06:24." <3.0.3.16.19971025230624.23ef5c80@mail.thegrid.net>
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> Folks, > I downloaded FreeBSD from freebst.org about a week ago and it is my first > real experience with UNIX (I''ve had shell accounts before). I'm having > some trouble getting my 'puter connected up to the Internet with ppp. > Here's what happens: I open up ppp and tell it to dial my provider (The > Grid). It dials and logs in fine. PPP becomes capatilized and it seems > that I've negotiated a connection. But if I try ping or tracertoue, > nothing comes up. Traceroute comes back with all *'s, so I don't think it > is getting an IP or finding the router. Sometimes when I go back to ppp, I > get a "select: Bad file descriptor" error and ppp exits. [.....] You shouldn't get these errors - what version did you download ? Try downloading the latest ppp from http://www.freebsd.org/~brian and see if the troubles go away. If not, take a look at http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/userppp.html and post some more info. Cheers. -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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