Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 00:01:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeff Roberts <jroberts@ashland.edu> To: FreeBSD questions list <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FBSD: Dial-out PPP only CONNECTs sometimes? Message-ID: <Pine.OS2.3.95.970630234807.26D-100000@warp4>
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Hello, everyone.
I've had about 50% success with my dial-out situation. I've taken the
best suggestions from *Pedantic*, various FAQs, the Handbook, and feedback
from people on this list. I've been using
ppp -auto foo
route add default 10.0.1.2
to connect to foo. Sometimes it works without a hitch, and sometimes
(like the last couple of days), after connecting, the connection is
dropped after about 10 seconds. However, I can still connect from Warp,
so I know it's not the remote host. What about this "10.0.1.2"? Could
specifying *this* as the default route (my provider dynamically assigns my
IP address after connecting) be part of the problem. Is there one that's
fail-safe? I just took this, I think, from the Handbook. I was under the
impression that the assigned IP address would overwrite the one I
specified, or something along those lines. When I do PPP manually, I get
"dial OK" and then "switching to packet mode". Then, the connection dies.
I'm dialing out of 2.2.1 on a USR Sportster (gasp!) 14400. My machine
is not connected to any network. When it works,
it works great, BTW. I evidentally just need to find a way to
consistently get an acceptable default route.
Thanks for any suggestions/advice you can give me! =) I appreciate it.
Jeff
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