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Date:      Wed, 12 Jun 2002 20:22:53 -0400
From:      "Naga Narayanaswamy" <naga@mindspring.com>
To:        "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
Cc:        <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Problems with PPP and one annoying ISP
Message-ID:  <002201c21270$75c6dfc0$5ab9fea9@compaq>
References:  <006601c211b0$5cc44c80$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <20020612031106.27aa2caf.brian@FreeBSD.org> <002d01c211bd$2fa9bf20$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>

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In your config, are you negotiating anything related to VJ compression ?
Did you try increasing timeout values ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
To: "Brian Somers" <brian@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc: <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: Problems with PPP and one annoying ISP


> Sadly, no.  The connection comes down even if I specify the static IP
(with
> or without the netmask) that we're supposed to get.  I left it out because
> on Win95 I say "obtain IP address automatically" which DTRT.
>
> Matt
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Somers" <brian@FreeBSD.ORG>
> To: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
> Cc: <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 10:11 PM
> Subject: Re: Problems with PPP and one annoying ISP
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does it make a difference if you
> >
> >   set ifaddr x.x.x.x y.y.y.y
> >
> > in your config ?  Perhaps your ISP is expecting you to specify an IP
> > number....  I'm guessing this because the peer is bringing things down
> > as soon as you send an IPCP request for 0.0.0.0.
> >
> > On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 21:27:48 -0400, "Matthew Emmerton"
> <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> wrote:
> > > I've got this ISP who won't provide support for UNIX that I have to
get
> > > working on UNIX.
> > >
> > > I can dial up to the ISP perfectly fine using Windows 95, but whenever
I
> try
> > > and configure my FreeBSD machine to dial up, ppp never works right.
> > >
> > > Here's the chunk of my ppp.conf:
> > >
> > > [dumbisp]
> > >  set authname ****
> > >  set authkey ****
> > >  set phone 17603320155
> > >  add default HISADDR
> > >
> > > As you can see, pretty plain-vanilla.
> > >
> > > When I dial interactively, I see "PPp>" and then the modem hangs up.
> I'm
> > > not sure why, but it just is.  I'm passing the PAP authentication
phase,
> so
> > > I know I haven't typed in my password incorrectly.
> > >
> > > Attached is the output in /var/log/ppp.log (gzipped, since hub refused
> my
> > > message the first time around.).  If there are any PPP wizards
> > > out there who can help me through this, it would be greatly
appreciated.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Matt Emmerton
> >
> > --
> > Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                       <brian.somers@sun.com>
> >       <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;                <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org>
> > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !       <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org>
> >
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