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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Win95 & FreeBSD2.1R vs 2.1R user-PPP server
Date: 22 May 1996 02:00:39 +0100
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Charles F. Randall (cfr@infoborg.dmacc.cc.ia.us) wrote:
: Background: 

: From home, I try to ping the ppp server (always using IP addresses)
: and the send light on my modem flashes - nothing comes back. From the
: server, I try to ping my home machine and the recv light flashes -
: nothing is sent back.

: Using the same user-ppp client configuration , I can connect to my
: co-worker's Shiva Net-modem and everything works great. So much for
: that triumphant feeling. :^(

Maybe you should try using the "other" ppp and see if it behaves differently.
FreeBSD-2.1-RELEASE has both ijppp (called 'ppp' and running over the tun
device) and pppd (over the ppp device).

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....