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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!news.emf.net!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!portal.gmu.edu!bneel From: bneel@site.gmu.edu (Brian T Neel (CS)) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ppp instead of pppd, updated FAQ? Date: 29 Oct 1995 09:46:06 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA Lines: 26 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <46vigu$urf@portal.gmu.edu> References: <46r9p1$1id@portal.gmu.edu> <mbon3aksqcr.fsf@epsilon.hut.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: site.gmu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Kai Vorma (vode@epsilon.hut.fi) wrote: : In article <46r9p1$1id@portal.gmu.edu> bneel@site.gmu.edu (Brian T Neel (CS)) writes: : When I connect to my ppp server I sometimes can connect to the server but : never get beyond that actual connect message. I have set up everything : as per the handbooks suggestions and "show route" shows that there is a : "default" entry aimed at the server. : Try adding the following lines to your ppp.conf: : disable pred1 : deny pred1 : I had very similar problems connecting to a linux box, but now it : works just fine. : ..vode HOW GHASTLY!@!@ thanks much, after disabling that compression (which I somehow didn't notice the manual said was DEFAULT) everything works perfect. If my systems are average when it comes to ppp, this should definately not be a default setting.