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From: rgonzale@mli-vtg.com (Robert Gonzales)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PPP link - help
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 23:18:02 GMT
Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc.
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I myself am working on the same problem. Before I connect to my ISP, I
can ping any machine on our net. But when I connect via PPP I get same
results as you do plus I am unable to ping anything inside or outside
my network on the FreeBsd machine. I get a time out or the ping just
hangs.
P.S. I have no official IP or domain name or network is just an
Intranet. Using 10.0.0 as net and 255.255.255.0 as mask. But shouldn't
I be able to use the FreeBsd machine as a gateway?
Still working on the problem.
Robert Gonzales
brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) wrote:
>erwin bejsta (caps@albury.net.au) 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.
>: Could someone please point me in the right direction. I don't expect
>: a solution, but how can I do some debugging and where do I start.
>: Or maybe someone can point me to right FAQ area.
>Does ppp report the targets IP number ? It's possible that the PING
>is not the problem, but your machine is attempting to resolve the
>remote machines name without having a valid DNS.
>Try pinging the IP number (rather than the host name)...?
>--
>Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
>Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....