Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 13:57:27 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with -current ppp Message-ID: <199709211257.NAA27388@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 20 Sep 1997 22:11:00 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.970920220934.349B-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
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> > > On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > > > > In your ppp.secret create a line like this > > > hostname password > > > once you telnet into port 3000 type passwd password, and you'll get access > > > to everything. Once I got past that, I've still had a lot of problem with > > > ppp -ddial. > > > > What sort of problems ? > > A while back after all this password (and other I guess) stuff was > commited, I would be getting unable to open port 3000 messages, and now > with the same script that I use, I must wait for ppp to dial my isp then > hit ctrl c to "kill" it, it will then be able to connect. If I don't it > the remote modem drops carrier after a while, and ppp hangs. I don't think I follow this. I assume ppp is being run interactively. Are you saying you have to "dial", then ^C, then dial again ? You may have been suffering from a Predictor1 bug that was recently fixed. This would cause the line to "hang" very soon after connection. The latest copy on http://www.freebsd.org/~brian has this fixed. > - alex > -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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