Subject: Re: http over ppp ?
To: Randy Skedel <skedel@mr.picker.com>
From: Super-User <root@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/31/1997 14:36:55
	Just an idea - have you tried telnetting & using the web
	browser to both the ethernet and ppp ip addresses on the
	server?

                David/abs               abs@anim.dreamworks.com

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On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Randy Skedel wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I'm sure someone here can help me. I'm running a NetBSD box with Apache
> web server, mgetty and pppd.  I can dial into the box and make a ppp
> conection just fine.  I can telnet, rlogin, ftp and just about anything
> you can think of accross the ppp link. Only problem is, I can't access
> html pages with a browser over the ppp link. It serves the pages up fine
> through the ln0 (ethernet) interface but not through ppp0.
> 
> If I telnet over the ppp link to port 80 and issue a GET for an html
> page, that works but when I use the browser, it just hangs with "Host
> contacted. Waiting for reply..."
> 
> When I look in Apache's access_log, it shows that the page I requested
> was serviced successfully. 
> 
> When I use tcpdump and monitor ppp0, I can see a few www packets but
> then they stop.
> 
> Like I say, everything else works fine accross the ppp link.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Randy Skedel (rskedel@mr.picker.com)
> Picker International
> Service Technologies
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