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Date:      Tue, 13 Jan 1998 20:10:09 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Steven Harris <steve@playgal.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPP and ISDN question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980113200649.24708Y-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199801131143140914.13C382E9@192.168.60.1>

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On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Steven Harris wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to setup PPP with a 3COM ISDN modem and for the most part it
> works.  However, when I connect, it tries to negotiate which fails.   It
> says "Peer is not autohorized to use IP address 127.0.0.5" which IS the
> remote IP address allocated to us.  (127.0.0.5/32)

127.0.0.5 is in the loopback network and is an invalid IP address.  Your
ISP doesn't know what they're doing.  Have them check their config and
re-assign your IP to something more reasonable.  

127.0.0.5 isn't externally visible; are you connecting to an internal
non-Net connected network?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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