From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 3 10:14:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA05421 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 3 May 1997 10:14:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA05408 for ; Sat, 3 May 1997 10:14:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id KAA04816; Sat, 3 May 1997 10:16:16 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 10:16:16 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199705031616.KAA04816@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: Mike CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: PPP Question In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.16.19970501162311.236792c0@terra-link.com> References: <3.0.1.16.19970501162311.236792c0@terra-link.com> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk jaded@terra-link.com writes: > Hi, im have a question about using PPP. i just installed FreeBSD 2.2.1 on > my computer and it is working fine,i just cant get ppp to work.i have read > the documents on the freebsd web site.my problem is when i type ppp and > drop into a term and try to dial in manually it says connect 26400/ARQ then > after about 3 minutes it says no carrier.if you could explain what i am > doing wrong or another way to login i would appreciate it. Try adding 'set openmode active' to your ppp.conf; this will tell your system to begin the PPP conversation without waiting for the other end. The default in command-line PPP is to wait for the system you are calling to start the 'LCP negotiation' phase. > my ISP is called > Terra-link.com and it runs on Microsoft NT..would that make a difference > that it is win NT and not a unix system?.. thanks It shouldn't, many others have managed to connect via PPP to NT servers. Microsoft does have a few weird ideas about how PPP should work, but for the most part it is a reasonable PPP implementation. If your ISP uses CHAP authentication and the special Microsoft encryption algorithm you may have problems. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com