From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 2 07:47:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA02447 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 2 May 1998 07:47:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA02404 for ; Sat, 2 May 1998 07:47:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA24241; Sat, 2 May 1998 15:23:12 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199805021423.PAA24241@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: sourav@cs.cmu.edu cc: brian@Awfulhak.org (Brian Somers), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with ppp In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 02 May 1998 02:18:22 EDT." <199805020618.CAA00800@modern.art.cs.cmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 15:23:12 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am having problems with ppp in FreeBSD (2.2.6). Over ppp, I cannot > > > telnet or ftp to other FreeBSD machines. It does connect but the > > > login prompt never appears and then it closes the connection after > > > some time. > > > > > > I have no problems telneting/ftping to other unix machines (solaris, > > > digital, Aix etc.). What could be reason behind this? > > > > > > Over netscape, I cannot connect to some sites including > > > www.freebsd.org. It gives a timeout after some time. I don't know > > > whether there is any possible relations between these two problems. > > > > Can you ``nslookup'' each machine both ways from each machine (8 > > lookups per pair) ? > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > > Sourav > > > > -- > > Brian , , > > > > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... > > > > > > > I did ``nslookup'' both ways 8 times. I was able to get the IP addresses. > There is no problem with the name server. For example, the exact rersult I got > is like this: > > telnet 128.2.206.187 > Trying 128.2.206.187... > Connected to MODERN.ART.CS.CMU.EDU. > Escape character is '^]'. > Connection closed by foreign host. What I mean is that you must nslookup 128.2.206.187 nslookup modern.art.cs.cmu.edu nslookup myip nslookup my.machine.name from both machines in question, not do the same lookup 8 times. > -- > Sourav -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message