Re: [Sheflug] protocol?

[Alan Wilson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxx>]

I also use BT internet and appart from not always been able to connect
first time durring busy periods I've had no problems.  I can't think of
anything that would cause the problems your describing on the Linux side
either, but if you want any of the settings off my Mandrake 8.1 setup,
please let me know.  (not that I'm doing anything special just using
Kppp with the chap/pop logon)
On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 09:10, Damian Bamforth wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> recently I tried connecting to btinternet, and although I could connect
> to a server (i.e. the dial up server) I couldn't connect to any other
> machine. A routing table showed I was indeed connected to a dial up
> server.
> 
> I couldn't connect to web sites, ftp, or even the btinternet mail server.
> I tried pinging the server address I was connected to, and got a
> response, but could get no response from any other machine. I
> disconnected and reconnected several times, and still experienced the
> same difficulty. Each time I connected, the connection remained until I
> terminated it (the longest I left it was for about 1 hour).
> 
> bt technical told me that my protocols needed reloading, and that my
> software wasn't supported.
> 
> I didn't follow their advice, as I could not see how the protocols could
> corrupt so easily. After about 5 hours, without even rebooting my
> machine, or logging off then on again, everything suddenly started
> working again, including the ability to ping any machine on the net.
> 
> Is this a problem with my Linux setup? I am running caldera. Could
> someone offer a logical explanation as to how all traffic through the
> btinternet server could suddenly stop, and yet I can still ping the
> btinternet dial-up server? And how can all traffic suddenly start again?
> 
> Thanks,
> Damian
> 
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