From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 4 17:46:57 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA19411 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 17:46:57 -0800 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id RAA19403 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 17:46:54 -0800 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA28387; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 12:18:49 GMT From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199512051218.MAA28387@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Repost: Mail/News hang when using Mac/PPP To: buaas@wireless.net (Robert A. Buaas) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 12:18:48 +0000 () Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199512032322.PAA09820@wireless.net> from "Robert A. Buaas" at Dec 3, 95 03:22:53 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1259 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Robert A. Buaas stands accused of saying: > > This is a repost of the problem from late last week: No new information though. > 2.1.0-RELEASE kernel using kernel-mode-PPP over 28.8 to Macintosh/ConfigPPP. > News protocol hangs after initial several bursts when trying to get full > newsgroup list. Eudora hangs when downloading medium-size attached files. > Netscape Newsreader behaves similiarly. Problem difficult/random to > reproduce on arbitrary Mac systems, but persistant from Mac's that demo the > problem. What's the nntp server doing once the connection has hung? (ps axl) Turn on all of the debugging you can find (check the kernel code & rebuild with kernel ppp debugging enabled too) Check you have appropriate (hardware) flowcontrol at both ends. > 2.0.5-950612-SNAP kernel behaves perfectly. Check you're using matching kernel/pppd code. > best regards/bob -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[