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Article #305Re: PPP 2.3.x and Win95 can't automatically set up remote IP address
From: Pat Crean
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 00:00
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Craig Dewick wrote in message <74h13m$4ll$1@lios.apana.org.au>... >In <F3LJzv.Erv@world.std.com> raoul@world.std.com writes: > >>>I'm running a small dial-in server (Sparc LC running SunOS 5.6) here, and I >>>use Paul Mackerras' ppp-2.3.5 package to provide PPP support. Every person >>>calling in who's using Win95 for PPP has to manually start PPP after logging >>>in, rather than using automatic start up because their machines are unable >>>to automatically retrieve the IP address they're allocated during the >>>startup phase of their PPP sessions. > <snip> > >The main 'options' file is: > >lock >crtscts >203.14.152.51: >netmask 255.255.255.240 >ms-dns 203.14.152.51 >ms-dns 202.12.88.44 >name jedi > >and 'options.term.0' is: > >debug >idle 1800 >maxconnect 21600 >proxyarp >:203.14.152.60 > >The last line is different for all four dial-in lines. > >So I don't see why it's not working, but apparently (I don't have any PC's >so I don't use Windows) everyone using Win95 has to manually start their PPP >sessions because it can't automatically pick up the allocated IP address. > <snip> > How about options like 'auth' and 'login' to force pap authentication?
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102b08,8204728d36d6eed2 X-Google-Attributes: gid102b08,public X-Google-Thread: 103eaf,8204728d36d6eed2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103eaf,public X-Google-Thread: 10d053,8204728d36d6eed2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d053,public From: "Pat Crean" <pat@crean.com> Subject: Re: PPP 2.3.x and Win95 can't automatically set up remote IP address Date: 1998/12/07 Message-ID: <366c2072.0@news> X-Deja-AN: 419714290 References: <74g9qk$46r$1@lios.apana.org.au> <F3LJzv.Erv@world.std.com> <74h13m$4ll$1@lios.apana.org.au> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Trace: 7 Dec 1998 13:37:38 -0500, 206.31.14.226 Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ppp,comp.sys.sun.apps,aus.computers.sun