Must stop replying to my own messages... On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 19:29, you wrote: > On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 18:16, you wrote: > Yes. I have done this- you set up an "Incoming Connection" in the > control panel. Most instructions say to select COM1: (or whatever) from > the list, however I did not get COM1 (or any port) in my list. I had to > first go to the "Modems" control panel and add a modem that was a direct > serial connection. This then appeared in the list.
Right. COM ports appear if you are an administrator. Apparently I am not, but I do have administrative privileges. > I'm done for now- I have seen the PPP connection working between two > Linux boxen, and I think I have the XP box ready. It, er, mostly works. I can (now) bring up a PPP link to the XP box. I can ping anything on the LAN and anything on the internet. *However* all I seem to be able to do is ping. If I try to ssh to somewhere or use http to browse a website the PPP link stops. For example, ssh gets nowhere, so I CTRL-C out and then I can't ping anything either. I then have to kill the pppd process on Linux and forcibly disconnect the incoming connection in XP before I can re-establish the connection. Any clues about why ping is successful but nothing else seems to work? Thanks in advance, Andy
