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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!zib-berlin.de!news.tu-chemnitz.de!irz401!uriah.heep!not-for-mail From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Install problem [PPP] Date: 8 Jul 1995 23:36:15 +0200 Organization: Private FreeBSD site, Dresden. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3tmtof$mqt@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <3so44r$jpj@enterprise.america.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: uriah.heep.sax.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit GPFault <daredevl@enterprise.america.com> wrote: >I am attempting to install FreeBSD 2.0.5 (I have used Linux previously, >and was trying to go a little beyond and broaden my horizons), but when I >try to use the built in PPP driver (on the install floppy) to try to >retrieve the distribution using anon-FTP, it connects, goes into packet >mode, and about 15 seconds later it hangs up for no apparent reason. Any >ideas? > >(The PPP driver I am speaking of has a prompt like this: >PPP on> >) This is iijppp (user-level PPP). Do you have more input about your problem? iij-ppp is working great for me, so we need some more facts. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)