From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 13 14:45:41 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id OAA01045 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 13 Mar 1995 14:45:41 -0800 Received: from phoenix.net (gclarkii@phoenix.phoenix.net [199.3.232.2]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA01039 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 1995 14:45:40 -0800 Received: (from gclarkii@localhost) by phoenix.net (8.6.10/8.6.6) id QAA21100; Mon, 13 Mar 1995 16:42:58 -0600 From: Gary Clark II Message-Id: <199503132242.QAA21100@ phoenix.net> Subject: Re: PPP difficulties... To: derek@mfa.com (Derek Inksetter) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 16:42:57 -0500 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199503131035.CAA00759@freefall.cdrom.com> from "Derek Inksetter" at Mar 13, 95 01:07:31 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1301 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I'm having some trouble with PPP on the 2.0-950202 Snapshot release. I can > connect to my PPP server, establish an IP address (The server allocates > them), and apparently have a valid connection. Every time I try to use the > connection, though, packets seem to be getting lost. If I try a telnet > session, for instance, it will go for long periods of time without a > response, and then it will come through. > > The connection is through a Xyplex terminal server, which has had no > problems connecting up to Trumpet Winsock (Windows) or MacPPP (Mac), so > it's probably not solely a server problem. > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Derek Inksetter derek@mfa.com > Lead Systems Programmer Mchugh Freeman & Associates > PGP Fingerprint:1D 00 58 71 FE 12 8B FD 18 01 DC A7 7E 36 D1 CC > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Hi, I'll make a bet that if you disable compression on your side, that it will work fine!! I've seen this same problem with the Xyplex 1600 and 1700 systems. I've also had long talks with Xyplex people on this one. The main problem is that I'm not a PPP expert. I would either go to CSLIP or disable header compression on your side. Gary