From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 16 21:47:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA07282 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 21:47:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from absinthe.i3inc.com (Absinthe.stonos.washington.dc.us [206.27.237.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA07272 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 21:47:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by absinthe.i3inc.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id AAA04097 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 00:45:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199704170445.AAA04097@absinthe.i3inc.com> X-Authentication-Warning: absinthe.i3inc.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: dialup hangs after Password: prompt, timeout after 300 seconds X-Mailer: Mew version 1.03 on Emacs 19.34.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 00:45:44 -0400 From: Chris Shenton Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I searched the archives (questions, isp, hackers) and found a couple other folks who have had the same problem over the past two years or so. I dialup my box (2.2.1-RELEASE), it prompts for Login: and Password: but doesn't respond after I type my password -- I don't even know if it's listening to my password, since it doesn't echo it. After a while, my modem connection disconnects: atdt [phone number] CONNECT 115200 FreeBSD (Placebo.[domain]) (ttyd2) login: cshenton Password:Login timed out after 300 seconds NO CARRIER Note that I'm not trying anything as clever as PPP yet. I *can* get in via telnet (or even ssh) over the net just fine. While the modems are still connected, the login process is running: 178 d2 I