From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 28 10:31:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA29541 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 10:31:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.digital.com (mail1.digital.com [204.123.2.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA29534 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 10:31:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk by mail1.digital.com (5.65 EXP 4/12/95 for V3.2/1.0/WV) id AA31956; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 10:29:05 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by palmer.demon.co.uk (8.6.11/8.6.11) with SMTP id PAA01273 ; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 15:49:47 GMT To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Cc: questions%freebsd.org@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 user PPP In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Feb 1996 14:53:44 +0100." <9602281353.AA20555@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 15:49:46 +0000 Message-Id: <1271.825522586@palmer.demon.co.uk> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk garyj@frt.dec.com wrote in message ID <9602281353.AA20555@cssmuc.frt.dec.com>: > Not all PPP servers are created equal. I've seen this with my ISP too. > Try hitting after logging in. This works for me. If you are dialing into an Ascend TS (from memory), then the Ascend PPP s/w doesn't start negotiation until it sees a character come down the line form the client. i.e. it's expecting the client to initiate negotiation! I got around this by waiting for my ISP to throw the ``HELLO'' string down the line (a standard they use to indicate whatever protocol you asked for is about to be started), and then throw some random character at it (I chose a space for some reason). Seems to work. Not sure what affect that'll have on other implimentations tho, as I only use Ascends now. Gary