Subject: pppd/ethernet problems was Re: Installing 1.4 (fwd)
To: NetBSD/arm32 mailing list <port-arm32@netbsd.org>
From: Mike Pumford <mpumford@mpc-data.co.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 05/28/1999 11:49:15
Mark Brinicombe wrote (on behalf of Andrew McMurray):
> 
> I am having problems with pppd and NetBSD1.4/arm32.  Has anyone got
> pppd working with this version of NetBSD?  I can get pppd to dial in
> to my Univeristy dial-in line and connect successfully.  At that point
> the kernel networking code hangs, and no net software (ping, telnet,
> ssh..., even over the ethernet card) will make a successful connection
> until I kill the pppd, at which point I can use ping, telnet etc over
> the ethernet again.  If the recent patch to the NetBSD1.4 kernel net
> system does not fix this problem, I will submit a PR about it.
> 
I have pppd peacefully coexisting with my ethernet what is the routing
setup of your machine. The output from netstat -r with just the ethernet
interface up and one with pppd running as well would help to diagnose
the problem.

Mike