Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 23:51:00 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Brian Litzinger <brian@worldcontrol.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.2, ppp aliasing and netscape trouble Message-ID: <199709232251.XAA07794@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:53:50 PDT." <19970923125350.34993@top.worldcontrol.com>
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> I'm running 2.2.2 on two machines and connecting them via user mode PPP. > > A ppp session running with -alias can connect to a local ISP and > everything works great. > > When I dial into my machine in my office instead, everything works > well, except netscape 4.03b8. (I've tried both the freebsd 4.03b8, and > linux 4.03release.) > > I can telnet to the http servers and 'GET /'. I can ftp. The only > things that happens is that Netscape hangs 'waiting for reply' and > eventually says 'no data'. > > I downloaded chimera and it worked correctly. > > I'm running the PPP included with 2.2.2. I've tried the > ftp.freebsd.org/~brian version however I get: > > Sep 23 12:37:45 bls2 ppp[4238]: Phase: Using interface: tun0 > Sep 23 12:37:45 bls2 ppp[4238]: Phase: Listening at port 3000. > Sep 23 12:37:46 bls2 ppp[4238]: Phase: PPP Started. > Sep 23 12:37:46 bls2 ppp[4238]: Phase: Packet mode enabled > Sep 23 12:37:46 bls2 ppp[4238]: Alert: Exception detected. > Sep 23 12:37:46 bls2 ppp[4238]: Phase: PPP Terminated (done). > > The exact same config works with the 2.2.2 included user mode PPP. > > Any ideas what is going one? Yep. I screwed up :-( I didn't understand that /dev/tty got closed when I closed 0, 1 & 2. The exception is from the descriptor that used to refer to /dev/tty. It's now been fixed and is available on http://www.freebsd.org/~brian. > -- > brian -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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