Subject: Re: pppd
To: Richard Barker <thxrci@earthlink.net>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@pgoyette.bdt.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/28/1996 20:10:56
Check out the ppp stuff on ftp.macbsd.com.  There's an older set-up in the
/pub directory hierarchy, and a newer one that you can find in the
/private/pgoyette/ppp-dod directory.

 On Sun, 29 Dec 1996, Richard Barker wrote:

> hello everyone
> Im an avid NetBSD user
> and like its system interface
> HOWEVER
> my problems with getting the point to point protocol to work
> are becoming overwelming
> if I can not access the net from my NetBSDOS I will erase the whole 
> thing
> 
> here are my system stats
> -------------------------
> Macintosh LC III
> m68k 68030 at 25Mhz
> FPU Emulation
> running NetBSD1.2 Generic Kernel 77
> and MacOS 7.5.5 
> Im reinstalling AGAIN for the n-th time
> and I really need to get things settled with ppp
> I can DIAL ppp up
> in other words I dail up earthlink.net
> from NetBSD
> the carrier is detected
> but the server is unreachable or there is no route to host
> I can neither send nor recieve data
> pppstats shows up zero
> I need to know what Im doing wrong... SOON
> 
> please help if you can
> ps.
> Im also looking at OpenBSD but all their distrib kernels (bsd20.tar.gz) 
> are in corupted tar archives, so no luck there :P
> 
> Richard
>