On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 10:59:48AM +1000, David Ready wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is anybody having any problems with PPP dialup client being able to download
> newsgroups and articles (if not you better check it out otherwise you may
> have some unhappy clients)? Winvn and Outlook can connect to the server but
> they stall on getting even the 1st newsgroups yet while on the LAN with an
> IP address reserved for PPP callers. There is no problem not from the VT100
> news client on the RedHat 5.1 host itself. It is all PPP connection related.
I'm wondering if I'm seeing something related. The problem I'm
seeing happens every time. No particular logfile entries to clear
up the situation, though I haven't yet tried it with kdebug. I'm
hoping somebody on the list can point out an obvious and well-known
oversight on my part.
I've Linux kernel 2.0.35, ppp-2.3.5, successful compile and
installation of both the daemon and the kernel stuff. Boot
messages confirm the successful installation. The only pppd
on my hard drive is the one from 2.3.5.
With a ppp dialup connection to my ISP, I'm finding curious
inconsistency as to what sites I can contact from a local web
browser. For some sites, both netscape and lynx indicate they've
contacted the site and they're waiting for data. But no flashing
modem lights, no nothing. No matter how long I wait. Other sites
work fine.
The problem is completely repeatable and completely associated
with site. Immediately after I've failed to contact one site I can
turn around and contact a site that works for me, and vice versa.
For the sites that don't work, I can telnet to my ISP and run lynx,
which contacts the sites immediately. Even while my local browser
continues to wait.
>From my local system, I can ping the sites I'm having difficulty
reaching. Response times are normal for a low-speed ppp connection.
<http://sunsite.unc.edu> (no "www" in that site name) is one site that
elicits the failure.
My son reports that <http://www.ty.com> works fine. Though
some if its links display the problem.
For me, for example, <http://www.l3sys.com> works fine.
So wottami doing that's well-known to be wrong? Or should I turn
on kdebug? Or gripe to my ISP?
--
Dan Wilder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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