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Date:      Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:05:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Christopher J. Michaels" <cjm2@earthling.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Trouble connecting to sites with ppp.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808101704520.29015-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35CC8A9E.2D39CBDE@earthling.net>

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On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, Christopher J. Michaels wrote:

> Hello,
>   I have a machine currently running a new install of 2.2.6-RELEASE and
> connected to the internet over PPP.  About half of the web sites i try
> to connect to (including www.freebsd.org) just hang.  In LYNX it shows
> "HTTP 1.0/OK" and then just hangs.   I can connect to ftp.freebsd.org
> and www2.freebsd.org without trouble.  I appears to be an http thing.
>  I used to have 2.2.6 on another machine with the same ppp, several
> months ago and that worked fine.  Also, I have no trouble connecting if
> a Win95 machine dials in.
>  Yes I tried installing 2.2.7-RELEASE (new install, not an upgrade) and
> that didn't help.

Are you by chance connecting to an Annex box?

Try setting `tcp_extensions="NO"' in /etc/rc.conf and rebooting, then
trying ppp.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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