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10.7.11. Ppp locks up shortly after connecting

Prior to version 2.2.5 of FreeBSD, it was possible that your link was disabled shortly after connection due to ppp mis-handling Predictor1 compression negotiation. This would only happen if both sides tried to negotiate different Compression Control Protocols (CCP). This problem is now corrected, but if you're still running an old version of ppp, the problem can be circumvented with the line

          disable pred1

Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X : Networking : I can't make ppp work. What am I doing wrong ? : Ppp locks up shortly after connecting
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