Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 15:18:49 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@utell.co.uk> To: Brian Somers <brian@utell.co.uk> Cc: robert@chalmers.com.au, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, brian@awfulhak.org Subject: Re: Ordinary ppp dialing to provider woes Message-ID: <199705291418.PAA04714@utell.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 May 1997 14:52:06 BST." <199705291352.OAA03844@utell.co.uk>
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> > Hi again,
> > Well, I'm getting closer...
> [.....]
> > Now, the log file shows; ( and I knew some magic was involved in this)
> >
> > magic is same!! 5ac0bac0, 5ac0bac0, 56d8
> >
> [.....]
> > and then it times out and hangs up!
> >
> > So, does anyone know what I'm doing wrong now!!!
> > sheezzz.
>
> I assume you're using -current.
>
> I've seen this in my test environment recently. I can't fathom
> what's going on here. The only thing that's changed recently
> here is that ppp now uses proper random numbers (I have several
> "entrophy" IRQs set up) to generate the magic number. It doesn't
> fail always - sometimes things are ok (~30% of the time). This
> is over a direct serial link from a -current box to a RELENG_2_2
> box. My ISP connection from the -current box has *never* seen
> this problem.
>
> I'll try undoing the random stuff in GenerateMagic() and see
> if it helps........
And of course the client side now initiates hand-shaking by default.
Can you try putting the line "set openmode passive" in your config
and see if it helps ?
> > tia
> > bob
>
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