Re: G4 internal modem through NTT Mini-v MN128 TA

[Cornelius Smith II <cs2nd@example.com>]

Thanks for the advice.

When I get home, I'll see about getting the output and posting it. I haven't
tried telnet, ftp, or smtp as of yet. Plan to do so tonight.

Thanks again,
C.

> From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>
> Reply-To: tlug@example.com
> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 16:59:18 +0900 (JST)
> To: <tlug@example.com>
> Subject: G4 internal modem through NTT Mini-v MN128 TA
> Resent-From: tlug@example.com
> Resent-Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 17:04:33 +0900
> 
>>>>>> "Cornelius" == Cornelius Smith <cs2nd@example.com> writes:
> 
> Cornelius> The deal is, I can dial-up and sustain the connection
> Cornelius> with no problem whatsoever, but there seems to be no
> Cornelius> data transfer. Pinging works just fine.
> 
> Ping _is_ data transfer.  If you can ping a remote host, it's probably
> your networking configuration that is hosed, not that the physical
> link is impossible to use.
> 
> Cornelius> Netscape claims that it has contacted the host, but I
> Cornelius> get nothing afterwards.
> 
> Have you tried telnet, ftp, smtp?  Netscape tries very hard to make
> connections even on unreliable media, but sometimes it fails.  When it
> does, it's likely to emit misleading messages.
> 
> Try setting the debug output on pppd and looking at the logs.
> 
> Please send the output of `ifconfig' and `route -n'.  (Some of the
> gurus prefer `netstat' but I forget which options they like to use.)
> 
> 
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