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From: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problems w/ User PPP
Date: 18 Jan 1996 20:30:59 GMT
Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations
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Message-ID: <4dmam3$62u@helena.MT.net>
References: <4da13l$ha9@swen.emba.uvm.edu> <4dj9mf$6rg@helena.MT.net> <mitch4DLCH6y.5HG@netcom.com>
Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.sri.mt.net

In article <mitch4DLCH6y.5HG@netcom.com>,
mitch goldstrom <mitch4@netcom.com> wrote:
[ PPP problems ]
>ppp ON firewall> dial provider
>dial OK!
>login OK!
>ppp ON firewall> Packet mode.
>ppp ON firewall> 

Since 'ppp' didn't change to 'PPP', it means that your provider isn't
yet running PPP, or it didn't like you for some reason.  Basically, the
remote end is *NOT* running PPP at this time.

I'm not sure why, you'll have to talk with your provider for that.


Nate
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