Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 13:37:48 -0700 From: Richard Chang <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: User Jleppek <jleppek@harris.com> Cc: FreeBSD-current@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: ppp still not working Message-ID: <Pine.DYN.3.91.950408133206.23291A-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199504081341.JAA05859@cyclops.home.com>
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On Sat, 8 Apr 1995, User Jleppek wrote: > I run ppp all the time and I have noticed that the link drops > when 2 freebsd-current machines try to telnet or ftp to each other. > > from a sparc(lx,5,1) to a freebsd-current no problem > from a fbsd-c to fbsd-c link drop > > everything(and everybody) else is ok. I sometimes suspect > it could involve their provider as the other 2 fbsd > machines I have setup for some local business's > are thru the same provider and if it was this bad others > would have noticed. > > I have a set of scripts that take > care of autoredial, its not very elegant but it works for me :-) > If you want them email. > Sure, that would be great if you can send the setup over ... I actually use kermit to dial and start ppp on the Annex Terminal server then suspend kermit and kill kermit then: bigbang# /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/cua00 115200 /etc/ppp/options contains: bigbang# cat /etc/ppp/options defaultroute crtscts netmask 255.255.255.0 bigbang# > If you are getting hostname not found that usually means > a problem with your /etc/resolv.conf or /etc/host.conf or your > link is already down and you cannot reach your nameserver. > Hmmm, here are my /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/host.conf files... It works fine for slip and the link isn't down since it just doesn't work for slip either if I did ppp first and then I need to reboot the machine in order for slip to work again... bigbang# cat /etc/resolv.conf domain HIP.Berkeley.EDU nameserver 128.32.136.9 nameserver 128.32.136.12 bigbang# cat /etc/host.conf # $Id: host.conf,v 1.2 1993/11/07 01:02:57 wollman Exp $ # Default is to use the nameserver first hosts bind # If that doesn't work, then try the /etc/hosts file # hosts # If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line # nis bigbang# > Jim --richardc
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