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To: Chuck Grimes <cgrimes@nature.berkeley.edu>
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Subject: Re: PPP problem 
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From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
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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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