Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 12:52:53 -0400 (EDT) From: "Andrew E. Stevens" <root@ppp0002.log.on.ca> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Dial-up PPP Message-ID: <199708131652.MAA00546@ppp0002.log.on.ca>
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Greetings: I recently configured dial-up PPP for my FreeBSD machine, and ran into an interesting problem while trying it out: Whenever I dial in to my FreeBSD machine and start PPP, everything appears to work normally. It accepts my login, gives me my IP address and says I'm connected; but from that point onward, every time I attempt to contact the server, there is a three-minute delay between initiating contact and receiving a reply. For example, in Netscape I'll type 205.207.183.35 (The IP address I negotiated). The status bar immediately says "Host Contacted, Waiting for reply", and then the three minute lag kicks in. After three minutes, index.html quickly loads, and then the lag kicks in again as Netscape requests each .gif image from my server. For Telnet and FTP it's the same deal, although the lag only occurs once when initial contact is made; from then on in I can transfer as much data as I want without any delay whatsoever. Whenever FreeBSD has dial-in PPP running, the same thing occurs locally. If I attempt to contact the server while sitting at my FreeBSD machine, the lag aloso occurs. This lag is only present when someone is dialling in to me; when PPP is not running, or I'm connected to my ISP, the problem doesn't occur. Any suggestions? Please email me at either root@ppp0002.log.on.ca or, if you can't get through, andrew@log.on.ca Thanks in advance to anyone willing to offer suggestions. Yours Truly, Andrew Stevens.
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