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From: Steve Richards <steve@richsoft.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP! PPP new to unix networking1
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 15:29:48 +0000
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In article <FpclwAAFzoxyIwCD@richsoft.demon.co.uk>, Steve Richards
<steve@richsoft.demon.co.uk> writes
>I hope someone can advise me whats going on - I feel that I have got ppp
>to run (configured system etc) it now runs i.e dials, logs on, goes into
>packet mode) but after that I can not get any net related command to
>work i.e telnet 158..... ping .... etc - 
>I can talk to ppp via telnet localhost 3000 and it appears ok - 
>Obviously I am missing a step in the config process but I can't find it.
>
phew -lots of help from many people - thanks to all

the line i missed - NOT in the ppp notes that I read, was

set openmode active

this needs to be there - indented off col 1 - if you use demon!

bye for now


-- 
Steve Richards