Re: SCO PPP (TCP/IP v1.2) problems

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From: Tom Haapanen
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1993 13:29

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robert@lunatix.uucp (Robert Sexton) writes:
> PPP is BROKEN BROKEN BROKEN.  I have pulled out a substantial
> quantity of hair trying to get it to work.  [...]
> According to SCO,  these things have been fixed in the ODT 3.0
> release.  However, those of us running ODT 2.0 (and tcpip 1.2.0)
> are screwed, because SCO has not commited to releasing a fixed
> ppp for older releases.  

We are running SCO Unix 3.2.2, and it would have cost us $1300 or so to
upgrade to 3.2.4.2 -- and I don't know whether that would still have fixed
the problem.  Instead, we purchased Morningstar's PPP, which works wonder-
fully well (now that I installed the FAS serial port drivers).  Recommended!

-- 
[ /tom haapanen -- tomh@metrics.com -- software metrics inc -- waterloo, ont ]
[ "to thine own self be true"                                    -- polonius ]

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From: tomh@metrics.com (Tom Haapanen)
Subject: Re: SCO PPP (TCP/IP v1.2) problems
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Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1993 13:29:42 GMT
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