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From: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 User PPP with Dynamic IP's
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 10:45:56 -0600
Organization: NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory
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Rothschild wrote:
> Actually I think I have this working now, but: tun0 still times out:
> Routed[45]: Deleting route to interface tun0 (timed out)
> Any ideas?

Make sure your modem is using hardware flow control, not software.  It's
possible the modem sees a stop character and halts the output, never to
start it again.  That might explain why you're able to establish the
connection but not use it.

-- 
Sean Kelly                          
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory    kelly@fsl.noaa.gov
Boulder Colorado USA                http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/