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Date:      Tue, 10 Feb 1998 18:51:19 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        gibson <pop.midmaine.com@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980210184954.29893D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199802092302.SAA32605@telplus-pub.affiliate.nortel.net>

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On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, gibson wrote:

> I have a question concerning a ppp connection through freebsd on my home
> pc. I have opted in the interim to dial in manually, so here are the facts
> 
> my ppp.conf file looks like this
> 
> default:
>    set device /dev/cuaa0
>    set speed 115200
>    set parity even
> 
> so then I invoke the ppp command, now *term
> 
> at
> atdt  (isp #)
> 
> at one point I got the login prompt for my isp, and was able to
> succsessfully connect (the ppp became
> PPP)  I then typed in add 0 0 HISADDR, but what do I do at that point in
> order to start running programs like telnet and lynx? 

Just hop over to a new virtual console (or use the !bg command to
background ppp) and start running your programs.  If you're not able to
send/receive, run `netstat -rn' and make sure you have a default route
through the tun0 interface.

> Well that's not the
> end of it, I have the past 3 or 4 times upon connecting been unable to type
> in the login: and password: my keyboard becomes totally impaired the point
> where my isp name shows up, some letters won't type in uppercase the enter
> key doesn't work, so I'm left wondering what it was that I did wrong. 

I don't understand what's going on there. 

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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