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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Win95 & FreeBSD2.1R vs 2.1R user-PPP server Date: 22 May 1996 02:00:39 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4ntovn$13s@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4n2bdr$662@infoborg.dmacc.cc.ia.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Charles F. Randall (cfr@infoborg.dmacc.cc.ia.us) wrote: : Background: : From home, I try to ping the ppp server (always using IP addresses) : and the send light on my modem flashes - nothing comes back. From the : server, I try to ping my home machine and the recv light flashes - : nothing is sent back. : Using the same user-ppp client configuration , I can connect to my : co-worker's Shiva Net-modem and everything works great. So much for : that triumphant feeling. :^( Maybe you should try using the "other" ppp and see if it behaves differently. FreeBSD-2.1-RELEASE has both ijppp (called 'ppp' and running over the tun device) and pppd (over the ppp device). -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....