From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 24 22:57:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA05432 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 22:57:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mixer.visi.com (mixer.visi.com [209.98.98.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA05427 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 22:56:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from burn@visi.com) Received: from pc (13-127.dynamic.visi.com [209.98.13.127]) by mixer.visi.com (8.8.8/8.7.5) with SMTP id AAA08819 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 00:56:11 -0500 (CDT) Posted-Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 00:56:11 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <35E25232.6DBD@visi.com> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 00:57:06 -0500 From: uncomfortably numb Reply-To: burn@visi.com Organization: none, really X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: PPP, and the problems it causes Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i have configured kernel ppp as well as user ppp on my system according to the man pages, FAQ, and handbook, but neither of them works...kind of. i connect and start a session alright, however, if i try using any kind of program, like telnet, ping, ncftp, irc, etc., it just hangs and does nothing. in X, if i am connected via PPP netscape won't even start. I get no error messages. the strange thing is, however, that lynx works just fine--for a numeric IP with either kernel or user PPP (DNS doesn't work either). i'v had many people try and figure out what is going on and why lynx is the odd one out, but no one can seem to figure it out. i'v tried changing my modem around and rebuilding the kernel, etc. and this is what happens. any ideas? thanks, -brian -- ==================================================================== ... bleakness ... desolation ... plastic forks ... ==================================================================== brian hill burn@visi.com (612)-920-5825 www.visi.com/~burn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message