Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 18:29:45 +0000 From: dmaddox@scsn.net (Donald J. Maddox) To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Odd Message from PPP Message-ID: <19980929182945.A4170@scsn.net> In-Reply-To: <199809291431.PAA19124@woof.lan.awfulhak.org>; from Brian Somers on Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 03:31:01PM %2B0100 References: <19980928181434.A551@scsn.net> <199809291431.PAA19124@woof.lan.awfulhak.org>
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On Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 03:31:01PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > > On rare occasions I see the following message from ppp: > > > > Sep 28 17:56:03 rhiannon ppp[219]: tun0: Warning: Unrecognised CBCP packet (code > > 5, length 4) > > > > I guess it's not a problem (hasn't caused any noticable trouble so far), > > but I'm curious as to what it means }:-| > > According to the M$ specs, there are only three valid CBCP codes, > REQ, RESPONSE & ACK (1, 2 & 3). If ppp gets something outside of > this range, it moans with the above message and drops it on the floor. > > Is the other side a M$ OS ? (guffaw, guffaw!). It may be worth > taking it up with the remote admin.... Yeah, my ISP is running NT for everything, I think... Guess I'll ask them if they have a clue... > > > Anybody know what this is? This is with ppp from an all-ELF -current > > system on a 3Com ImpactIQ ISDN TA, FWIW... > > -- > Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> > <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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