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Date:      Tue, 11 Jun 2002 22:59:35 -0400
From:      "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
To:        "Brian Somers" <brian@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Problems with PPP and one annoying ISP
Message-ID:  <002d01c211bd$2fa9bf20$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
References:  <006601c211b0$5cc44c80$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <20020612031106.27aa2caf.brian@FreeBSD.org>

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Sadly, no.  The connection comes down even if I specify the static IP (with
or without the netmask) that we're supposed to get.  I left it out because
on Win95 I say "obtain IP address automatically" which DTRT.

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Somers" <brian@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
Cc: <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: Problems with PPP and one annoying ISP


> Hi,
>
> Does it make a difference if you
>
>   set ifaddr x.x.x.x y.y.y.y
>
> in your config ?  Perhaps your ISP is expecting you to specify an IP
> number....  I'm guessing this because the peer is bringing things down
> as soon as you send an IPCP request for 0.0.0.0.
>
> On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 21:27:48 -0400, "Matthew Emmerton"
<matt@gsicomp.on.ca> wrote:
> > I've got this ISP who won't provide support for UNIX that I have to get
> > working on UNIX.
> >
> > I can dial up to the ISP perfectly fine using Windows 95, but whenever I
try
> > and configure my FreeBSD machine to dial up, ppp never works right.
> >
> > Here's the chunk of my ppp.conf:
> >
> > [dumbisp]
> >  set authname ****
> >  set authkey ****
> >  set phone 17603320155
> >  add default HISADDR
> >
> > As you can see, pretty plain-vanilla.
> >
> > When I dial interactively, I see "PPp>" and then the modem hangs up.
I'm
> > not sure why, but it just is.  I'm passing the PAP authentication phase,
so
> > I know I haven't typed in my password incorrectly.
> >
> > Attached is the output in /var/log/ppp.log (gzipped, since hub refused
my
> > message the first time around.).  If there are any PPP wizards
> > out there who can help me through this, it would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > Matt Emmerton
>
> --
> Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                       <brian.somers@sun.com>
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