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From: Erwin Bejsta <caps@albury.net.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PPP link - help
Date: 6 Jul 1996 00:30:43 GMT
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>erwin bejsta wrote:
>>
>> I am a newcomer to the FreeBSD world, running V 2.1 on a 486DX4/100 box.
>>
>> I have followed the FreeBSD Handbook to configure a ppp link to my ISP.
>> In interactive ppp all appears to be O.K. It dials my ISP and then
>> shows "packet mode" and comes back with the prompt ("PPP" now in capitals).
>> The "show log" command tells the story of an IP address being assigned
>> to my machine (dynamic) and finally shows MY address and HIS address.
>>
>> Using another shell or another terminal to ping my ISP's machine
>> times out. Information is sent down the line (modem lights) but nothing
>> is coming back. That is also confirmed using the "show proto" cmd in
>> interactive ppp - it shows a anumber of IP packets have been sent
>> (and that number increases with more ping's) but the received
>> IP's remain at 0.
>
>Are you using PPP in additon to Ethernet card? I too am experience this
>problem with my machine at work, which has both PPP and Ethernet, but
>not on the machine at home which only has PPP...
No - there is no other network card in my PC.
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