Re: Best Solution for PPP?

[brian moore <bem@cmc.net>]

On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 09:44:21PM -0400, Mike Werner wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, but it's still not working.

<snip>

> xanadu:~# ping 38.1.1.1
> PING 38.1.1.1 (38.1.1.1): 56 data bytes
> ping: sendto: Operation not permitted
> ping: wrote 38.1.1.1 64 chars, ret=-1
> ping: sendto: Operation not permitted
> ping: wrote 38.1.1.1 64 chars, ret=-1
> ping: sendto: Operation not permitted
> ping: wrote 38.1.1.1 64 chars, ret=-1

That's because you have some ipchains or ipfwadm rule that is stopping
the packets from getting anywhere near pppd.

Flush your output rules and investigate what it is that's breaking them.

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