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From: Rene Kahle <rene@igs.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: FreeBSD 2.0 pppd problem
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 11:20:18 -0400
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I am having problems getting pppd running under FreeBSD 2.0.

I get a connection, but after a few seconds, pppd reports the following 
error message and drops the connection:

   pppd[262]: ioctl(SIOCSIFMTU): Invalid argument

It seems like a problem setting the MTU on the ppp0 interface, but how do 
I fix it?

Here is my options file:

crtscts
lock
modem
connect "chat -v /etc/ppp/igs.chat"
198.53.155.250:198.53.155.3
defaultroute
debug
kdebug 3
-all

The -all was necessary to get any connection at all.

The remote machine is running BSD/OS 2.0 (from BSDI).

I would appreciate any help you could provide.

Thanks.