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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Alpha install problems 
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Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 20:18:58 +0100
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
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In message <961123134753_1716798136@emout03.mail.aol.com>, StevenR362@aol.com w
rites:
>
>A default ppp install from com2 seems to be broken out of the box.
>I don't know if this is because both pp0 entries in the dialog box point to
>sio0 or if the sio1 entries in /dev are missing.  This can be worked around
>by setting sio0 to point to 0x2f8 irq 3 in visual config.
>
>My main problem is that once the ftp install from ftp.freebsd.org starts
>going and transfers a few tens or hundreds of k, the connection drops.
>The ppp log shows "** 1 Too many ECHO packets are lost. **"
>Is this a network problem to wcarchive or a rudeness on the part of my ISP?

Try to say "disable lcp" and "deny lcp" to ppp

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