Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 11:30:45 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu> To: Ray Seals <rayseals@midwestis.com> Cc: "'FreeBSD Questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PPP problem with 2.2.7 Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.02.9808191130020.5772-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BDCB58.4B8F8760.rayseals@midwestis.com>
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Have you checked to make sure your COM port and the NIC are not on conflicting IRQs? This would definitely cause a freeze in ppp. Joe Clarke On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Ray Seals wrote: > I have a server that was running 2.2.2 and one night the server was turned > off (not shutdown properly). Upon restart the server developed a problem > with the hard drive that fsck was unable to fix. I decided to do a low > lever format on drive, which is an IDE drive. I then installed 2.2.7 on > this machine. 2.2.7 installed without a hitch. > > The function of this machine is to use ppp for dial out internet access for > a group. Now the machine is back up and running but ppp doesn't work. > When I start ppp it just hangs for about 2 minutes and then gives me the > prompt back. My ppp startup line is "ppp -auto -alias htc. htc is the ISP > that I use. > > Ppp works when I take the network card out of the machine, but it hangs > when the card is there. No hardware has been added removed or changed in > this machine since it ran 2.2.2. I repeat NO hardware has changed. > > I know that there were changes to ppp, but where they that huge? I have > looked at the man page but I don't see a whole lot that's different. > > Here is the run down on the machine: > > 486 DX/2 66 > 32 megs of memory > 1.2 Gig Maxtor HD > 3c509 NIC > Diamond SpeedStar 64 (OLD) > Monochrome Monitor > 3 1/2 Floppy > IDE CDROM > USR Sportster 28.8 External > > Thanks, > Ray > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Midwest Information Systems > > http://www.midwestis.com > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Ray Seals > Network Engineer > rayseals@midwestis.com > Direct Dial: 314.930.0479 > Office: 314.423.8377 > Fax: 314.423.3944 > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > "Providing clear vision to the future" > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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