From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 22 20:46:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F361237B598 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:46:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org id 12NTgm-000LuQ-00; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:46:16 +0000 Received: from localhost (jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA14318 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:46:16 GMT (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:46:16 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ISP problems Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If anyone remembers my ISP problems before, they were solved by setting the speed value in my ppp script to the correct amount. That eliminated the random dropouts. But now i have a new problem. I switched from RCN to a local ISP in the eastern US. I used the exact same script entries for ppp.conf and ppp.linkup, except for switching PAP for script-based login. All seems well until a few seconds after connection. I can ping away as long as i want, but as soon as i try any real data transfer, the connection hangs. The interface is still there, but ping, netscape, and telnet all hang. The ISP admin is baffled as well. When i call his servers directly (BSDi boxes) i have zero problems. But when i call a router contracted by his ISP for my local calling area, the connection chokes. Any ideas? Essential info: FreeBSD 3.4-stable on a Toshiba laptop. using user-ppp with PAP nameserver works fine for a little while, and i am able to receive a local dynamic ISP and gateway address. I would stick with the direct connection, but it is long distance. -=> jm <=- Please CC me on all replies ------------------------------------------------------- "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very, very brightly." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message