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To: "PrografX" <vorchak@redrose.net>
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Subject: Re: PPP troubles, over and over again. 
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Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 07:23:41 +0100
From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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>  I'm having headache type problems with FTPing BSD off of ftp.freebsd.org or
> any mirror.  Basically, I think it might be me (WHAT AND NOT BE PERFECT?),
> but I have had help with trying to get this resolved to no avail.
> 
> I can get all the way to logging into my ISP, back to a "ppp ON mymach>"
> type of prompt (mymach is not actually the host name I use, just i.e.) but I
> have not been able to get "PPP ON mymach>"  Could it have anything to do
> with the configuration setup for Hostname, DNS, etc. ?  Or is it something
> else?  Any ideas would be appreciated, I do plan to write a small "FreeBSD
> setup for dummies" type of on-line book after I'm done, so that all will be
> converted, but I think that actually setting the OS up first may be in
> order!

Take a look at http://www.awfulhak.org.  It points at all the ppp 
docs I know of.  Sounds like you're not typing "add 0 0 HISADDR" 
after getting your PPP ON prompt.

> Alan Vorchak
> PrografX
> Email:  vorchak@redrose.net
> URL:  http://208.7.252.209  --someday InterNIC will get it resolved!
> Telephone:  (888) 463-8482
> [local/International:  +1 717 732 5068]
> ***Mickey Mouse is dead, got kicked in the head, cause people got too
> serious, planned out what they said  {Subhumans}***
> 
> 

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
      <http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....