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From: tom@tomqnx.tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home)
Subject: Re: PPP Conection to ISP
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I had similar problems. My ISP was running a Sun with separate
terminal (modem) controllers hung on the network. They were
not forwarding traffic as good gateways should. I finally convinced
him to contact the vendor re setup, and they were working the next
day. With an active routed/gated life was impossible before that.
I got temporary connectivity by putting in a default route to
his main computer, which works with 'routed -q'.

good luck,
Tom

Robert Gonzales (rgonzale@mli-vtg.com) wrote:
: I have been really trying to get my PPP conection to my ISP to work. I
: have been unsuccessful.  I have read the handboook on PPP
: Connections. I believe everything is ok in the sysconfig, hosts,
: networks, and resolv.conf files. I seem to always get a timeout from
: my routed network. My ISP is earthlink. So I belive my gateway is
: 206.85.98.2, but the IP address assigned to me is dynamic. So in my
: ppp.linkup file I have:

: MYADDR:
:    add 0 0 HISADDR
: #end ppp.linkup

: In my ppp.conf I have

: .
: .
: .
: login ....
: .
: set timeout 120
: set ifaddr 0 0 # For dynamic allocated IP ?
: #end ppp.conf

: After awhile the network is removed from the routing table because of
: a timeout and the modem hangsup. I was never able to ping the ISP
: gatway or anything outside of my network.

: Question: Is it not possible to connect to the internet without any
: formal IP address or domain name? I am try to do the impossible?

: Any Suggestions?
: Robert Gonzales

: Always trying accomplish the impossible...