🚀 go-pugleaf

Bill LaGrue (locutus@m150.aone.net.au) wrote:
: Craig Mills <s304989@student.uq.edu.au> wrote in article
: <50obhr$gto@hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au>...
: > "Bill LaGrue" <locutus@m150.aone.net.au> writes:

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: > >I have tried using dip, but whenever dip gets the "mode PPP" command, it
: > >hangs up the modem, and the Terminal Ready light goes out.  My script
: for
: > >dip works fine up to that point, it dials, connects, logs in , gets my
: IP
: > >address, but hangs up at "mode PPP".  Using dip interactively gets the
: same
: > >result-set the port, TR light comes on, do "mode PPP" and the light goes
: > >out.  pppd just says "Sorry-PPP is not available on this computer".  I
: have
: > >read the docs, looked at web sites, looked at books, but cant find an
: > >answer to this problem.  Any help appreciated.

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: Doh. I forgot..Its kernal 1.3.89, slackware 3.0 (April 96 InfoMagic
: distribution) although I am downloading the slackware 3.1 release right
: now..
: See how this one works.
: Bill.

I seem to recall reading somewhere also that not all versions of dip support
the mode PPP call,  this would also be a possible source of your prob.
JP