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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.
>>
>>Is this a know problem with ppp-2.3.x, and if so, what's the fix?

>It certainly doesn't happen under SunOS 4.1.4 for me! Are you sure
>you've got both the modem "options" files and the Win95 TCP/IP setups correct?

Yes, as far as I can tell.

>>I already have two ms-dns lines in the main 'options' file that pppd reads.
>>but it doesn't seem to change anything. I don't know if it's something
>>broken in Win95 that's actually fixed in Win98, but that could be a
>>possibility.

>ms-dns merely picks the DNS server. You need an option such as 
>":10.0.2.3" or ":hostname.local.net" to actually set the IP address
>for the dial-up machine. Re-read the pppd manual page....

I've already got that.

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.

Regards,

Craig.
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