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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: User PPP problems
Date: 27 Jan 1996 22:24:46 GMT
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reichwej@ucs.orst.edu (Dusty Reichwein) writes:

> I dial into my ISP, and log in normally.  User ppp switches to packet mode,
> and a few moments later gives me a "PPP ON>" prompt, note that the PPP is
> in capital letters. 
> 
> I then type the shell command and try various network utilities, and none
> of them work.

Err, i'm not sure, AFAIK the shell command suspends the execution of
your ppp program until you exit it again.  It's rather supposed as a
loophole to get out into a shell before dialing etc., not while the
program is running.

Use another virtual terminal instead.  You might have luck with ^Z and
backgrounding ppp (``bg''), but even this leaves a small time window
where your ppp program won't be able to answer the line.

Once you've setup everything correctly in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf, better
run it with -dedicated or -auto, this doesn't block the terminal.
Quit the program by telnetting to port 3000 on localhost, and say
``quit all'' then.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)