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Re: (ASCEND) Dialing into Max200 with ARA/OT on PowerBooks
>However, one of the executives just got a PowerBook 3400, which required
>going to Open Transport. And this problem popped up: If she dials in with
>ARA, disconnects, and re-connects without rebooting or resetting her Open
>Transport TCP/IP settings (switching to PPP then back to MacIP, or some
>such) the machine holds on to the old IP address instead of getting the new
>one from the server. And so nothing IP-based will go over the connection.
>No such problem exists for PPP connections; unfortunately, even if we
>bought a PPP stack that supported ATCP (AppleTalk over PPP), it's still not
>officially supported by Ascend yet (as the latest long discussions have
>shown).
A followup to my responce: Brian didn't mention which PPP driver she
uses either. Tell her to switch over to OT/PPP in case she uses
FreePPP.
>From Ogrady's PowerPage, you read:
|One user responded to my 12 May 1997 post about the need to reboot
|between connections to an ISP using FreePPP with a PowerBook 3400:
|
| I had the same problem with my 3400/180. While I was able to
| connect quickly and hold the connection without a problem, if
| I terminated the connection and tried to reestablish it
| later, it wouldn't work. Moreover, it also made it impossible
| to switch via TCP/IP control panel to AOL Link and make a
| connection. After rebooting, however, either connection would
| work the first time, but I had to between attempts to
| connect. The solution was to switch to OT/PPP, which works
| fine, can reconnect repeatedly and doesn't interfere with
| switching to other TCP/IP configurations.
hth.
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