From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 2 10:00:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA13146 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 2 Apr 1997 10:00:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from fyeung5 (netific.vip.best.com [205.149.182.145]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA13057; Wed, 2 Apr 1997 10:00:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from fyeung8.netific.com (fyeung8 [204.238.125.8]) by fyeung5 (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA26102; Wed, 2 Apr 1997 09:59:28 -0800 Received: by fyeung8.netific.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA17015; Wed, 2 Apr 1997 10:07:17 -0800 Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 10:07:17 -0800 From: fyeung@fyeung8.netific.com (Francis Yeung) Message-Id: <9704021807.AA17015@fyeung8.netific.com> To: fyeung@fyeung8.netific.com, brian@awfulhak.org, dennis@etinc.com Subject: Re: PPP Desperate for help! Cc: dev@fgate.flevel.co.uk, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dennis, The LCP magic number which is to be exchanged between both sides during LCP negotiation. Francis > From dennis@etinc.com Wed Apr 2 09:42 PST 1997 > X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com > Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 11:34:17 -0500 > To: fyeung@fyeung8.netific.com (Francis Yeung), brian@awfulhak.org > From: dennis > Subject: Re: PPP Desperate for help! > Cc: dev@fgate.flevel.co.uk, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Mime-Version: 1.0 > X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > X-Fetchmail-Warning: no recipient addresses matched declared local names > > At 07:19 AM 4/2/97 -0800, Francis Yeung wrote: > > > > > >Greetings, > > > > Will you have the magic number problem if you > >connect 2 FreeBSD machines directly via PPP ? (both > >machines are in LCP active) > > > > Francis > > What "magic number" problem are you referring to? > > db > > > >> From brian@awfulhak.org Tue Apr 1 14:32 PST 1997 > >> To: dennis > >> Cc: Developer , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, > >> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > >> Subject: Re: PPP Desperate for help! > >> Mime-Version: 1.0 > >> Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 20:49:07 +0100 > >> From: Brian Somers > >> X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >> X-Fetchmail-Warning: no recipient addresses matched declared local names > >> > >> > At 01:42 PM 4/1/97 +0100, Developer wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > >> > > > >> > >> On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Developer wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> > We are really stuck trying to get the PPP user program (ppp) to > >> > connect to > >> > >> > our Perle 833 dial in server. We can connect using Windows NT > fine but on > >> > >> > BSD ppp logs in and then data will travel in both directions (As > I can > >> > see > >> > >> > the modem lights flash at both ends for both send/recieve) but no > data > >> > >> > seems to actually get through as pings do not work. The packets > from the > >> > >> > server to the user, but seem to be lost on the way back. > >> > >> > >> > >> Let me take a guess: maybe it's a known problem with tcp_extensions > set to > >> > >> YES in /etc/sysconfig? Some broken TCP stacks don't like it, so the > >> > >> solution would be to turn it off. > >> > >> > >> > >> Andy > >> > > > >> > >We've tried this - no difference. Any more ideas please? > >> > > >> > Why not post a trace of the ppp negotiations? Perhaps there is a > parameter > >> > conflict....are you getting to state IPCP_OPENED? If not, you cant pass > >> > traffic. > >> > > >> > Dennis > >> > >> I suspect you're way ahead of the problem. Has the original poster > >> tried "set openmode active" ? Without this, a client ppp will wait > >> for the server to initiate LCP. > >> > >> I think it may be frugal to make this the default for both client > >> *and* server. A lot of server implementations wait for the client > >> to start. Any comments ? > >> -- > >> Brian , > >> > >> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... > >> > >> > > > >