Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 15:23:12 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: sourav@cs.cmu.edu Cc: brian@Awfulhak.org (Brian Somers), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with ppp Message-ID: <199805021423.PAA24241@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 02 May 1998 02:18:22 EDT." <199805020618.CAA00800@modern.art.cs.cmu.edu>
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> > > Hello, > > > > > > I am having problems with ppp in FreeBSD (2.2.6). Over ppp, I cannot > > > telnet or ftp to other FreeBSD machines. It does connect but the > > > login prompt never appears and then it closes the connection after > > > some time. > > > > > > I have no problems telneting/ftping to other unix machines (solaris, > > > digital, Aix etc.). What could be reason behind this? > > > > > > Over netscape, I cannot connect to some sites including > > > www.freebsd.org. It gives a timeout after some time. I don't know > > > whether there is any possible relations between these two problems. > > > > Can you ``nslookup'' each machine both ways from each machine (8 > > lookups per pair) ? > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > > Sourav > > > > -- > > Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> > > <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; > > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... > > > > > > > I did ``nslookup'' both ways 8 times. I was able to get the IP addresses. > There is no problem with the name server. For example, the exact rersult I got > is like this: > > telnet 128.2.206.187 > Trying 128.2.206.187... > Connected to MODERN.ART.CS.CMU.EDU. > Escape character is '^]'. > Connection closed by foreign host. What I mean is that you must nslookup 128.2.206.187 nslookup modern.art.cs.cmu.edu nslookup myip nslookup my.machine.name from both machines in question, not do the same lookup 8 times. > -- > Sourav -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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