From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jan 22 08:04:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA25678 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 08:04:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wicked.eaznet.com (wicked.eaznet.com [209.75.156.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA25672 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 08:04:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eddie@eaznet.com) Received: from eaznet.com (as1-44.eaznet.com [209.75.156.248]) by wicked.eaznet.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA03927; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:03:26 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <34C76DA3.2D0759EF@eaznet.com> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:02:43 -0700 From: Eddie Fry X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Ricci CC: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Win95 and WINS References: <34C6DD23.D14B6735@theonlynet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 > > "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!" > -- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" -- Eddie Fry eddie@eaznet.com EAZNet Internet Services http://www.eaznet.com 220 West 7th Street (520) 348-0292 Safford, AZ 85546 EAZing you into the future... There is only one success -- to be able to spend your life in your own way. -Christopher Morley