Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 11:51:20 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "saqib khan" <khansaqib@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, skhan@khi.ncr.com.pk Subject: Re: BSD PPP problem Message-ID: <199809071051.LAA03826@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 06 Sep 1998 10:18:35 PDT." <19980906171835.3469.qmail@hotmail.com>
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If you're running the version of ppp that ships with FreeBSD-2.2.5, this is a known problem (see the 2.2.5 ERRATA.TXT). Upgrade ppp from http://www.Awfulak.org/ppp.html and you should have now problems. > Hi, > > I have recently installed FreeBSD on my machine, nad have configured the > Dail-in PPP on it. The setup works fine, whenever I connect from my home > win95 laptop, and disconnet properly. Howeve if due to some reason the > connection terminates abruptly ( line problem etc.), the port on which > the mgetty is running hangs up i.e the PPP session is not ternimated, > due to whihc i cannot reconnect. The modem does not go into ready state > again. > I need to kill the PPP process on that port. > > Is this a bug, or am i doing somethign wrong here. > will appariciate if you could reply on khansaqib@hotmail.com or at > skhan@khi.ncr.com.pk > > ThanX -- 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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