Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 14:18:59 +1100 (EST) From: Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au> To: Darrel Herbst <dherbst@gradient.cis.upenn.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: telnet hangs over slip to freebsd boxes? Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960326141706.12427A-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199603250528.AAA21470@gradin.cis.upenn.edu>
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On Mon, 25 Mar 1996, Darrel Herbst wrote: > I'm having a strange problem with telnet/rlogin/ftp from a freebsd box > that has to dial up via slip or ppp. Any telnet/ftp/rlogins hang up > after the initial socket connection is made to another freebsd box > that I have set up with ethernet nics. > > I can ping them, and they reply, but telnet's get as far as making the > connection (which I can see via netstat) but after it tells me that > the escape character is ^] I don't see the login: prompt, nor do any > characters I type get sent over the modem line. I don't see the rd/sd > lights blink when I hit keys. However, after a period of time the > connection is closed by the remote host (I'm assuming because of a > timeout). > > I can telnet to these freebsd machines when I run linux on the dialup > machine. When I'm in freebsd I can telnet to a sun, and get to the > ethernet'd freebsd boxes indirectly. I can telnet/ftp/rlogin fine > to/from other freebsd boxes that are connected via ethernet, so I'm > thinking that something is not right with my machine that must access > through dialup. > > The machines are running 2.1R. Thanks in advance for any help. > > --dherbst@gradient.cis.upenn.edu > I had the same problem with a couple of machines when accessing them via ppp on an annex terminal server. The fix for me was to turn off TCP extensions in /etc/sysconfig. cheers, Carey ========================================================================= Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au Networks and Communications ! phone : (002) 20 7419 Information Technology Services ! fax : (002) 20 7898 University of Tasmania. ! =========================================================================
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