From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 10 23:24:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA11047 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 23:24:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA10927; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 23:24:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA00678; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 07:10:31 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199804110610.HAA00678@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Lanny Baron cc: "S. Paul" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install with boot.flp won't make good PPP connection... In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 10 Apr 1998 21:33:30 -0000." <352E902A.465C9611@tht.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 07:10:31 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > S. Paul wrote: > > > Im having the same problem. Have you received any helpful information > > yet? > > PPP work's in the older release of FreeBSD I'm running, yet with 2.2.6 > > RELEASE I can dial in log on yet ppp will not change to PPP. > > If you come up with a work around please forward to me, I'll reciprocate > > Hello, > > Thank goodness I am not alone in this. I was told by alot of ppl on > #freebsd on efnet that I don't know how to use ppp. Well I say that there > is a problem with the /stand/sysinstall that comes with the boot.bin from > FreeBSD. [.....] After dialing, connecting, logging in, negotiating LCP, authenticating and negotiating IPCP, the prompt becomes PPP. Nobody's going to be able to figure out which of these stages has failed. Try ``set log local phase chat lcp ipcp ccp command'' before dialing. It may be interresting. > Take care, > > Lanny > > P.S. try going to efnet on irc and to #freebsd .... maybe you will have > better luck than I did. If you do I am BeeF_ -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message