Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:02:43 -0700 From: Eddie Fry <eddie@eaznet.com> To: Robert Ricci <rricci@theonlynet.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Win95 and WINS Message-ID: <34C76DA3.2D0759EF@eaznet.com> References: <34C6DD23.D14B6735@theonlynet.com>
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Robert,
WINS should be set off. Also be sure the only protocol they are using is
TCP/IP and the the "log into network" box is NOT checked.
Eddie
Robert Ricci wrote:
> We use a FreeBSD box with Cyclades cards in it for our dial-in accounts.
> Mgetty answers the line, then pppd is used for the ppp end of things.
> Many of our clients who use Windows 95 have had occasional problems
> dialing in. The symptoms are diverse ("Cannot establish a compatible
> protocol" to inability to send any packets once authenticated). However,
> the common theme seems to be that if they change the WINS setting (In
> the TCP/IP settings in the Control Panel), the problem goes away. Some
> people have to turn on WINS, some have to turn it off. (Don't ask me why
> turning it ON helps!) From ijppp on my home FreeBSD machine, I have no
> such problems. Have any of you ever had an experience like this? Were
> you able to fix it? (Unfortunately, telling all my customers "Get a real
> OS" isn't an option.) Here's what's in my /etc/ppp/options file:
>
> crtscts
> modem
> proxyarp
> defaultroute
> dns1 206.29.203.3
> domain theonlynet.com
> kdebug 0
> auth
> -chap
> +pap
> login
> passive
> silent
> asyncmap 000a0000
> pap-timeout 30
>
> Any changes I should make here?
>
> Also - We have a WEIRD version of FreeBSD on this machine - 2.2-GAMMA .
> I'd love to upgrade, but I can't spare the downtime right now. I've got
> Danny's pppkit , but I've been afraid to install the pppd that came with
> it, because of our unusual version of FreeBSD. Do you know if it will
> work?
>
> Apparently NT terminal servers (I shudder at the thought) don't have
> this problem. Another scheme to try to make us use NT?
>
> Robert Ricci
> rricci@theonlynet.com
>
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