Re: PPP/LAN setup problems.

Konstantin Beznosov (beznosov@fiu.edu)
Wed, 28 Feb 1996 23:20:52 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 28 Feb 1996, Mark Leslie wrote:

> I am dialing into an ISP using a Portmaster with 30 serial ports.
>
> On my end I am using a SUN SparcStation LX running the latest build of the
> OS and dialing out PPP.
>
> I have that setup all working, the problem comes when I try to go out to the
> net from there! I can ping the portmaster from my end, but NOTHING past it!

Do you have static IP address ? If so, make sure nobody is (mis)using it.
I had the same symptom when they assigned my machine's IP address to some
other host on the LAN.

>
> If I connect to the same service from my PC or Mac I have NO trouble at all
> hitting the net!
>
> Am I missing something? Or is it on the other end of the connection?
>
> Anyone ever seen this? Please help if you can, I dunno what else to try!

Regards,
K
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