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To: kent@erlang.ericsson.se
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Subject: Re: PPP HDLC errors 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 12 Jul 1997 14:13:41 +0200."
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Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 18:43:19 +0100
From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> 
> I very often get HDLC errors but what does it mean? After the error
> the connection "hangs", I can't "ping" any machine on the other
> network and has to close and dial up again.
> 
> Jul 12 13:25:28 knopfler ppp[189]: Phase: *Connected!
> Jul 12 13:25:53 knopfler ppp[189]: Phase: NewPhase: Authenticate
> Jul 12 13:25:53 knopfler ppp[189]: Phase: NewPhase: Network
> Jul 12 13:25:53 knopfler ppp[189]: Link:  myaddr = 147.214.36.189  hisaddr = 14
> 7.214.36.200
> Jul 12 13:25:53 knopfler ppp[189]: Link: OsLinkup: 147.214.36.200
> Jul 12 13:26:53 knopfler ppp[189]: Phase: HDLC errors -> FCS: 2 ADDR: 0 COMD: 0 PROTO: 0

You're not the first to have this problem.  Have you got the latest 
version of ppp ?

    http://www.freebsd.org/~brian/ppp-2.2-970701.tar.gz

I suspect it's still happening there, but it's worth making sure.

> /kgb

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