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- From: Philip Stokes <phil@stokes.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Logging in via PPP
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- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 96 15:31:31 GMT
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- Ivan Smith (ivans@zeta.org.au) wrote:
- > In article <4dlc9n$ha4@wumpus.cc.uow.edu.au>, jc29@wumpus.cc.uow.edu.au
- > (Fundamental) wrote:
-
- > >the last line in the script has WAIT "MTU" .. whats that?
- > >
- > >also .. whats CR-LF?
- >
- > I think you can ignore the MTU line and bring your script down to a basic
- > configuration.
- >
- > The PPP device seems to more intelegent than it's cslip counterpart in
- > that it can negotiate things like MTU (Maximum Transfer Unit) which is
- > defaulted to 1500 any way on most systems. The PPP device will negotaite
- > these things automatically and the unregistered (evaluation version) of
- > the Amiga ppp.device can't go any higher than this any way.
-
- The MTU should be the same for both ends of the link. ppp.device is
- fixed at an MTU of 1500 in the evaluation version, but can be changed in
- the registered version, although defaulting to 1500 octets.
-
- If your ISP also uses an MTU of 1500 octets then you can safely ignore
- the MTU argument, but otherwise you should either tell ppp.device to
- use your ISP's value by setting the MTU for ppp.device in the config
- file (ppp0.config) in the registered version, or by telling your ISP
- the value you wish to use as part of the login process. That is
- presumably what the "MTU" prompt you are seeing is intended for.
-
- You will have to ask your ISP for the syntax of the string you need to
- return in your dialscript if that is the case. For mine, it is
- "PPP,mru=1500" but yours may vary.
-
- Phil
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