From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 12 16:46:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA28102 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 16:46:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tok.qiv.com ([204.214.141.211]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA28081 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 16:46:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by tok.qiv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with UUCP id SAA01100; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 18:46:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (jdn@localhost) by acp.qiv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA00404; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 18:40:59 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: acp.qiv.com: jdn owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 18:40:58 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jay D. Nelson" To: steve howe cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp probs In-Reply-To: <199706120959.CAA15308@f41.hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I noticed the same thing. My solution was to use pppd. pppd is a lot easier to use and seems more reliable. -- Jay On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, 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? -> -> ->--------------------------------------------------------- ->Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ->--------------------------------------------------------- ->