Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 23:08:21 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Chuck Grimes <cgrimes@nature.berkeley.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP problem Message-ID: <199801192308.XAA26348@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Jan 1998 13:36:32 PST." <3.0.32.19980119133630.006bc394@nature.berkeley.edu>
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> I've got a PPP problem (FreeBSD 2.2.2). I can start the PPP utility and
> then end up with a dead blank. After about two minutes, the connection is
> broken by the ISP (their timeout 180). If I switch to my Win95 drive and
> login to the ISP, everything works fine.
>
> In the ppp.conf, I followed the tutorial example substituting my login name
> and password in the right places--so that part of the script works. After a
> short time first I get "Dial Ok!", and then after the script is just about
> finished I get, "Login Ok!" After that, the ISP will not accept the typed
> in commands: ftp, telnet, or http. I get "what ?" as an answer. I also
> tried telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xx with specific numerical entries.
[.....]
Are you trying to type these commands at the ppp prompt ? The ppp
prompt is for controlling ppp. You need to switch to another
terminal if you want to run ftp, telnet etc.
The bit about /etc/resolv.conf is correct.
> Chuck Grimes,
>
> a unix newbie
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