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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!uunet!mozz.unh.edu!oz.plymouth.edu!ted From: ted@oz.plymouth.edu (The Wizard of Oz) Subject: Re: Strange PPP Behaviour Message-ID: <1994Jul14.141547.9250@oz.plymouth.edu> Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, NH. References: <1994Jul14.031438.1913@oz.plymouth.edu> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 94 14:15:47 GMT Lines: 37 In article <1994Jul14.031438.1913@oz.plymouth.edu> ted@oz.plymouth.edu (The Wizard of Oz) writes: >I have a problem I hope that someone can give me a hand with... > >The situation: > > I just installed FreeBSD-1.1.5 on a machine I have in my office, >it does not have a supported ethernet card, so I copied the 'ppp' scripts >I use on another machine to dial up a 'ppp' connection, It works flawlessly >on the "other" machine. > .... ... >I press a key and can literally wait 7-15 seconds for the packet to get >sent/received (I watched the lights on the modem to determine when a packet >was sent/received). The lag was in sending. > > I do not have this problem on my home machine running FreeBSD1.1-RELEASE >using the exact same scripts to make the connection. > I found the problem: The Problem is with the 'pppd' that comes with 1.1.5, I tried the pppd that comes with 1.1 and everything works fine, same dial and startup scripts everything just a different pppd. Anyone know what exactly has changed between the two versions? I would like to be up to date, using the latest, but if I cannot figure out what I need to do differently I will have to make sure I keep an 'old' pppd to use. Any Advice would be appreciated. | Ted Wisniewski INET: ted@oz.plymouth.edu | | Computer Services or | | Plymouth State College tedw@psc.plymouth.edu | | Plymouth NH, 03264 |