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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com.nojunkemailplease.com!not-for-email From: nobody@not.for.email (Timothy J. Lee) Subject: Re: User PPP (iijppp) and routing Message-ID: <timleeED346L.L9H@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Sender: timlee@netcom18.netcom.com Reply-To: see-signature-for-email-address---ads-not-welcome References: <timleeED1Dwo.MF6@netcom.com> <14qvp5.052.ln@shift.utell.net> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 03:54:21 GMT Lines: 57 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44184 brian@awfulhak.org, brian@utell.co.uk writes: |In article <timleeED1Dwo.MF6@netcom.com>, | nobody@not.for.email (Timothy J. Lee) writes: |> brian@awfulhak.org, brian@utell.co.uk writes: |>|In article <timleeECzGL5.6Ms@netcom.com>, |>| nobody@not.for.email (Timothy J. Lee) writes: |>|> brian@awfulhak.org, brian@utell.co.uk writes: |>|>|What does "netstat -rn" say ? |>|> |>|> Before using ppp: |>|> |>|> Routing tables |>|> |>|> Internet: |>|> Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire |>|> 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.2 UH 0 10 lo0 |>|> 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 14 lo0 |>|> |>|> After connecting with ppp: |>|> |>|> Routing tables |>|> |>|> Internet: |>|> Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire |>|> default xxx.xxx.xxx.57 UGSc 0 0 tun0 |>|> 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.2 UH 0 10 lo0 |>|> 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 14 lo0 |>|> xxx.xxx.xxx.57 xxx.xxx.xxx.81 UH 1 0 tun0 |>|> |>|> where xxx.xxx.xxx.57 is a SunOS 4.1.3 machine running pppd at the other |>|> end, and xxx.xxx.xxx.81 is the IP address assigned by the other end to |>|> the FreeBSD 2.2.1 machine. I cannot get to anything on xxx.xxx.xxx, |>|> including xxx.xxx.xxx.81, after connecting with ppp. |>|[.....] |>| |>|Ok, so this says that you're xxx.xxx.xxx.81 and the other side is |>|xxx.xxx.xxx.57. |>| |>|Is xxx.xxx.xxx.57 not the "IP address of the remote host" (from your |>|original question) ? telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.57 should work ok. |> |> It does not work. Neither do "telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.81" or "telnet 127.0.0.1" |> or "telnet 10.0.0.2". | |If telnet 127.0.0.1 doesn't work, it's not a ppp problem. Let me |guess, your DNS doesn't work. This is a common cause of telnet |connection delays. It eventually connects, but it takes a while. If I wait long enough, I get "Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.81...", etc. I can successfully ping 127.0.0.1, but not xxx.xxx.xxx.81 or xxx.xxx.xxx.57, after ppp connects. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy J. Lee timlee@ Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. netcom.com No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.