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Subject: Re: dialup hangs after Password: prompt, timeout after 300 seconds
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On Thu, 17 Apr 1997 10:29:02 -0400 (EDT)
Christopher Masto <chris@chris.netmonger.net> wrote:

chris> What are you using to dial?  Any chance it's tip on another unix box?

As a matter of fact, yes: tip on a FreeBSD-2.1.7 box.

chris> I have seen people try to use it and have exactly this problem.  I
chris> think it is either a CR/LF issue, or something to do with turning off
chris> the echo.  Anyway, I have gotten around it by using cu (cu -l
chris> /dev/modem -s 115200).  User PPP's term mode seems to work also.

Ug, I never would have suspected this -- tip works fine to ther
places. I'll give it a shot though, and report back if this is the solution.

Thanks.