Check out http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html.
The remote end is reflecting your data back at you.
usually ppp from laptop (3.4+pao) to home (4.0-stable) works fine. and then
sometimes it will get stuck in the following mode three N in a row.
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Send: AT^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Expect(5): OK
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Received: AT^M^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Received: OK^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Send: ATE1Q0x1s7=90s11=180^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Expect(5): OK
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Received: ATE1Q0x1s7=90s11=180^M^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Received: OK^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Send: ATDT666-555-1212^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Expect(120): CONNECT
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Received: ATDT666-555-1212^M^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Received: CONNECT 57600^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Phase: deflink: dial - carrier
ppp[547]: tun0: Phase: deflink: /dev/cuaa1: CD detected
ppp[547]: tun0: Phase: deflink: carrier - login
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Expect(5): ogin:
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Received: ^M^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Received: FreeBSD/i386 (doo.com) (ttyd1)^M^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Received: ^M^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Received: login:
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Send: roamP^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Expect(5): word:
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Received: ~upyour^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Received: Password:
ppp[547]: tun0: Chat: Send: wazoo^M
ppp[547]: tun0: Phase: deflink: login - lcp
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: FSM: Using "deflink" as a transport
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: deflink: State change Initial -- Closed
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: deflink: State change Closed -- Stopped
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: deflink: LayerStart
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: deflink: SendConfigReq(1) state = Stopped
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: ACFCOMP[2]
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: PROTOCOMP[2]
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: ACCMAP[6] 0x
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: MRU[4] 1500
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: MAGICNUM[6] 0x2c18b501
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: deflink: State change Stopped -- Req-Sent
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: deflink: RecvConfigReq(1) state = Req-Sent
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: ACFCOMP[2]
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: PROTOCOMP[2]
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: ACCMAP[6] 0x
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: MRU[4] 1500
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: MAGICNUM[6] 0x2c18b501
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: Magic is same (2c18b501) - 1 times
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: deflink: SendConfigNak(1) state = Req-Sent
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: MAGICNUM[6] 0x2c18b501
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: deflink: RecvConfigNak(1) state = Req-Sent
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: MAGICNUM[6] 0x2c18b501
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: Magic 0x2c18b501 is NAKed!
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: deflink: SendConfigReq(2) state = Req-Sent
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: ACFCOMP[2]
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: PROTOCOMP[2]
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: ACCMAP[6] 0x
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: MRU[4] 1500
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: MAGICNUM[6] 0x42093812
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: deflink: RecvConfigReq(2) state = Req-Sent
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: ACFCOMP[2]
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: PROTOCOMP[2]
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: ACCMAP[6] 0x
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: MRU[4] 1500
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: MAGICNUM[6] 0x42093812
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: Magic is same (42093812) - 2 times
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: deflink: SendConfigNak(2) state = Req-Sent
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: MAGICNUM[6] 0x42093812
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: deflink: RecvConfigNak(2) state = Req-Sent
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: MAGICNUM[6] 0x42093812
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: Magic 0x42093812 is NAKed!
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: deflink: SendConfigReq(3) state = Req-Sent
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: ACFCOMP[2]
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: PROTOCOMP[2]
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: ACCMAP[6] 0x
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: MRU[4] 1500
ppp[547]: tun0: LCP: MAGICNUM[6] 0x30625651
clues?
randy
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