Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:47:29 -0700 () From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Network's and user land PPP Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.3.95.980821173522.-101181A-100000@direct-source.com.direct-source.com>
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Ok, I've finally gotten PPP to work, Windows95 and another FreeBSD machine to both see my modem server. Now, my problem is that PPP connectivity itself is not stable. I'm using ppp -auto -alias -ISP to connect. PPP will hang up after ten minutes, then soon afterwards, redial! Sometimes though, it seems it will sit for 30 minutes or so before it redials, even with no network activity, beyond the other two computers sitting, turned on. At other times, when ppp is not connected, it will not detect network traffic at all. I actually end up restarting the connected FreeBSD machine, when it starts to load the natp (? The thing that checks the time off of local time-servers.) then PPP dials, and everything works great. I'm running 2.2.6 on both FreeBSD machines, Pentium computers all around, Kingston net cards using the de0 driver on the FreeBSD machines, an Intel etherexpress on the 95 machine, and put in a new hub and cables last night as one of the old BNC cables was damaged. Is there anything in the setup that is generating network traffic? Sendmail is loading on both computers, I removed the time check from the computer. On the same token, what could be going on to keep PPP from detecting network traffic and initiating a connection? Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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