Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 08:59:32 -0500 From: Ray Seals <rayseals@midwestis.com> To: "'Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke'" <marcus@miami.edu> Cc: "'Rob'" <robert@irrelevant.com>, "'FreeBSD Questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: PPP problem with 2.2.7 Message-ID: <01BDCF3D.836DAE80.rayseals@midwestis.com>
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The problem was fixed. I ended up contacting Brian, the guy who maintains PPP. He asked if I had the name of the machine in the /etc/hosts file. While I did have it in there, it made me think. The problem was in the resolv.conf file. I had put the ip address of a name server in there. Since I'm not connected to the internet, when PPP started it looked for that name server in the file. I removed the name server and everything started working again. I suggest using the "enable dns" command be put into your ppp.linkup file if your ISP supports that option. Thanks for the help. Ray -----Original Message----- From: Joe "Marcus" Clarke [SMTP:marcus@miami.edu] Sent: Thursday, August 20, 1998 9:35 AM To: Ray Seals Cc: 'Rob'; 'FreeBSD Questions' Subject: RE: PPP problem with 2.2.7 Have you tried downloaading and compiling the latest version of ppp from http://www.freebsd.org/~brian? I am currently running it, and it works perfectly. Joe Clarke On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Ray Seals wrote: > I guess that to move it, other than the physical move, I need to change the > ppp.conf to reference /dev/cuaa1? If that is all that it takes, I have > done that also. Here are some other things that I have tried.... > > Reverted back to 2.2.2 (Which was the last working version that I was > running) > Tried various IRQ and memory combinations (on the network card only) > Changed network cards > Changed machines!!!!!! > > I think I'm going to loose my mind.... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob [SMTP:robert@irrelevant.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 1998 1:50 AM > To: Joe "Marcus" Clarke; Ray Seals > Cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' > Subject: Re: PPP problem with 2.2.7 > > > I had a problem with my machine, used for similar purposes. There are NO > interrupt or address conflicts, yet ppp locked up on COM1. "term" would > lock out so well I'd have to reboot to free up the tun0 device. It took me > a while to try the modem on COM2, where it worked perfectly. > > Rob. > > At 11:30 19/08/98 -0400, Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke wrote: > >Have you checked to make sure your COM port and the NIC are not on > >conflicting IRQs? This would definitely cause a freeze in ppp. > > > >Joe Clarke > > > >On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Ray Seals wrote: > > > >> I have a server that was running 2.2.2 and one night the server was > turned > >> off (not shutdown properly). Upon restart the server developed a > problem > >> with the hard drive that fsck was unable to fix. I decided to do a low > >> lever format on drive, which is an IDE drive. I then installed 2.2.7 on > >> this machine. 2.2.7 installed without a hitch. > >> > >> The function of this machine is to use ppp for dial out internet access > for > >> a group. Now the machine is back up and running but ppp doesn't work. > >> When I start ppp it just hangs for about 2 minutes and then gives me > the > >> prompt back. My ppp startup line is "ppp -auto -alias htc. htc is the > ISP > >> that I use. > >> > >> Ppp works when I take the network card out of the machine, but it hangs > >> when the card is there. No hardware has been added removed or changed > in > >> this machine since it ran 2.2.2. I repeat NO hardware has changed. > >> > >> I know that there were changes to ppp, but where they that huge? I have > >> looked at the man page but I don't see a whole lot that's different. > >> > >> Here is the run down on the machine: > >> > >> 486 DX/2 66 > >> 32 megs of memory > >> 1.2 Gig Maxtor HD > >> 3c509 NIC > >> Diamond SpeedStar 64 (OLD) > >> Monochrome Monitor > >> 3 1/2 Floppy > >> IDE CDROM > >> USR Sportster 28.8 External > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Ray > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Midwest Information Systems > >> > >> http://www.midwestis.com > >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >> Ray Seals > >> Network Engineer > >> rayseals@midwestis.com > >> Direct Dial: 314.930.0479 > >> Office: 314.423.8377 > >> Fax: 314.423.3944 > >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >> "Providing clear vision to the future" > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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