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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP! PPP new to unix networking1
Date: 2 Jan 1997 00:27:22 GMT
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In article <JsW2RCAs$9xyIwTZ@richsoft.demon.co.uk>,
Steve Richards <steve@richsoft.demon.co.uk> writes:
> the line i missed - NOT in the ppp notes that I read, was
>
> set openmode active
>
> this needs to be there - indented off col 1 - if you use demon!
I've talked to Malcolm Muir from Demon about this - he suggests that
the demon (server) side shouldn't initiate handshaking (hence the
necessity for the "set openmode active" bit). I think this should
be wrong, but after looking at some of the ppp rfcs, I can't find a
conclusive answer :(
Maybe it's worth having a timeout in iijppp that either suggests that
nobody has started negotiations or that starts negotiations despite
openmode ? Any votes ?
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....