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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Install problem [PPP]
Date: 8 Jul 1995 23:36:15 +0200
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GPFault <daredevl@enterprise.america.com> wrote:
>I am attempting to install FreeBSD 2.0.5 (I have used Linux previously, 
>and was trying to go a little beyond and broaden my horizons), but when I 
>try to use the built in PPP driver (on the install floppy) to try to 
>retrieve the distribution using anon-FTP, it connects, goes into packet 
>mode, and about 15 seconds later it hangs up for no apparent reason.  Any 
>ideas?
>
>(The PPP driver I am speaking of has a prompt like this:
>PPP on>
>)

This is iijppp (user-level PPP).  Do you have more input about your
problem?  iij-ppp is working great for me, so we need some more facts.
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)