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Date:      Thu, 12 Jun 1997 16:20:43 +0100
From:      Joshua Fielden <shag@concentric.net>
To:        steve howe <un_x@hotmail.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ppp probs
Message-ID:  <33A013CB.FAAA43BC@concentric.net>
References:  <199706120959.CAA15308@f41.hotmail.com>

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steve howe wrote:
> 
> i need the ppp expert that doesn't know what he's doing in a handbasket!
> :)
> -
> my ISP upgraded his Linux box to redhat 4.0.  now my (2.2.1) PPP (iij)
> establishes a link (PPP in caps), but i can do nothing more.
> my windows 3.1 winsocket/netscape 2.02 works just fine still,
> but my freebsd utilities can't "do" anything.
> -
> i can't enclose too much pertinent data, because of the connection
> i'm forced to use now (hotmail.com).
> -
> my PPP routing tables look ok (except my UG is not UGc like i remember),
> my default PPP debug logs look ok and show i connect, i am using
> >the deny/disable lqr thingie ...
> -
> ping, whether alphabetic or numeric addresses just hangs.
> same with ftp, telnet, nslookup, lynx, etc.
> i am sure of my names/addresses in resolve.conf.
> -
> i have tried various other PPP scripts, but nothing makes any
> difference.  help!
> -
> ps - anyone notice that the computer featured on Strange Univers
> was running FreeBSD on Wednesday?
> 
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One thing I noticed was that a friend's server went to 4.0, and I can't
telnet or ftp in any more. Neither can anyone I know using BSD. I have
to go to my ISP <running slowlaris> then back to the Linux box, and ONLY
then can I connect.
<shrug>

JF



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