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From: Quanah Mount <fxqjm@aurora.alaska.edu>
To: Joel Sutton <suttonj@interconnect.com.au>
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Subject: Re: PPP
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Thanks very very very much.. I'll try this today, after I get off work :)
Quanah Mount


On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Joel Sutton wrote:

> Quanah,
> 
> On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Quanah Mount wrote:
> 
> > uaf:
> >  set phone 4740771
> >  set login "-\\n-name>--name> fxqjm word> holybats > c ppp"
> >  set timeout 120
> >  set ifaddr 0 0
> 
> I had some similar problem when I was first getting used to PPP. After
> some experimentation I found out that I had to do something like this:
> 
> add 0 0 <gateway IP>
> 
> The IP number of my ISP's terminal server is the gateway address I use. I
> haven't found a way to make it completely automatic yet as I keep getting
> a different terminal server each time I dial up. Default route stuff (I
> think). 
> 
> Do a "show route" from the PPP > prompt when you next make an attempt. You
> need to look out for an entry maked default. 
> 
> I hope my hotch-potch help helps.
> 
> Cheers, Joel...
> 
>