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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 16:28:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: almazs@wgn.net
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Subject: Re:  about ppp link to internet!!
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On Sun, 20 Sep 1998 almazs@wgn.net wrote:

> Hi everybody;
> 
>  I have set up my ppp config files as in the FreeBSD docs and my
> cofigurations are simiar to what was suggested and there seems to be a
> problem when I try 'ondemand' or 'pmdemand'.
> I am trying to connect on a dynamic IP assignment to MY ISP and I am
> running FreeBSD 2.2.6
> My modem is a USR sportster 14.4 faxmodem external
> DTR  normal
> verbal result codes
> display result codes
> echo offline commands
> supress auto answer
> carrier detect normal
> load NVRAM defaults
> smart mode
> 
> I am able to connect using ppp terminal mode
> after typing my login and password I get the prompt:
> Entering PPP Mode
> IP address is ***.***.***.***
> MTU IS 1500 
> I logged-in on a second virtual terminal and executed a ports collection
> fetch for netscape4-navigator. It failed to get it from
> ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.04/development/english ...
> it tryed the ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles ...
> it "dowloaded" only 5% in 15 mins and hungup!!

The connection may be stalling for more than 5 minutes, so ppp disconnects
the line.  Try setting

set timeout 0 

in your ppp.conf to get around this.  Until you change that, though, it'll
stay connected permanently.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | www.freebsd.org


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