Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 10:05:06 -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: <3.0.32.19970403100503.00b885f0@etinc.com>
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At 02:20 PM 4/2/97 -0800, you wrote: > >Dennis, > > If you put 2 freebsd machines back to back connecting via ppp, >if both are LCP active, the probability that both magic numbers end >up to be identical is very likely. If the magic numbers are identical, >they won't do further LCP negotiation. There is always a probability and >the retry won't help either. Only if the implementation is defective.. the magic number for a given server should be random and the likelihood of duplication infinitesimally small. db
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