Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 13:29:57 -0500 From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: fyeung@fyeung8.netific.com (Francis Yeung) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP Desperate for help! Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970402132955.00b708f0@etinc.com>
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At 10:07 AM 4/2/97 -0800, you wrote: >Dennis, > > The LCP magic number which is to be exchanged between both sides during >LCP negotiation. you said *magic number PROBLEM*...whats the problem? db > > 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 <dennis@etinc.com> >> 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 <dennis@etinc.com> >> >> Cc: Developer <dev@fgate.flevel.co.uk>, 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 <brian@awfulhak.org> >> >> 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 <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org> >> >> <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>; >> >> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... >> >> >> >> >> > >> > > >
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