Need help with ppp

[niall at kst.com (Niall Kavanagh)]

This could mean a few things, all of which have happened to me at some
point. ;)

1) There is no PPP server on the other end (unlikely in this case! <g>)

2) The login flow is incorrect

3) Login is correct, but PPP is slow to startup and your LCP packets
aren't being answered.

You could double check that your login is right by using minicom to step
through it manually and see if anything is amiss. Might want to add an
expect/send to the very end that looks for a tilde (~) and sends nothing,
since the tilde is the first character the remote ppp server sends.

You also might want to increase the number of LCP packets you send before
pppd gives up, by default it's set to 10. Add a "lcp-max-configure 30" to
/etc/ppp/options.

On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, David Kramer wrote:

> I'm trying to get ppp dialout to MediaOne MobileAccess.  Does anyone
> reognize the error message?
> I set it up as per the notes at
> http://www.ntlug.org/archive/tp/ppp/ppp_01.html.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Here are the end lines in /var/log/messages:
> Aug  5 00:58:13 tuvok chat[22809]: expect (%)
> Aug  5 00:58:13 tuvok chat[22809]:  ^M
> Aug  5 00:58:33 tuvok chat[22809]: ascend%
> Aug  5 00:58:33 tuvok chat[22809]:  -- got it 
> Aug  5 00:58:33 tuvok chat[22809]: send (ppp^M)
> Aug  5 00:58:33 tuvok pppd[22808]: Serial connection established.
> Aug  5 00:58:33 tuvok pppd[22808]: Using interface ppp0
> Aug  5 00:58:33 tuvok pppd[22808]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
> Aug  5 00:59:04 tuvok pppd[22808]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests 
> Aug  5 00:59:04 tuvok pppd[22808]: Connection terminated.
> Aug  5 00:59:04 tuvok pppd[22808]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit
> clean:
> Aug  5 00:59:04 tuvok pppd[22808]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
> Aug  5 00:59:05 tuvok pppd[22808]: Exit.
> 
> Here is my /etc/ppp/options file:
> /dev/modem 
> 115200
> -detach
> defaultroute
> noipdefault
> debug
> crtscts
> lock
> modem
> mru 552
> mtu 552
> 
> Here is my dialing command (inside a script that sets up the vars):
> TELEPHONE=663-1563      # The telephone number for the connection
> ACCOUNT=m1/kramer       # The account name for logon (as in 'George
> Burns')
> PASSWORD=idontthinkso!  # The password for this account (and 'Gracie
> Allen')
> LOCAL_IP=0.0.0.0        # Local IP address if known. Dynamic = 0.0.0.0
> REMOTE_IP=0.0.0.0       # Remote IP address if desired. Normally 0.0.0.0
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0   # The proper netmask if needed
> DIALER_SCRIPT=/etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer
> exec /usr/sbin/pppd debug lock modem crtscts /dev/modem 38400 \
>         asyncmap 20A0000 escape FF kdebug 0 $LOCAL_IP:$REMOTE_IP \
>         noipdefault netmask $NETMASK defaultroute connect $DIALER_SCRIPT
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