Re: Why is PPP so screwed up!?!?!
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> > I editted /etc/ppp.chatscript to properly log into the dial-in server.
> > Since /etc/ppp.options_out made reference to /dev/modem, I went to /dev and
> > make a symlink from "modem" to "ttyS0". (I know I could have edited the
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> Bad idea. Replace the entry in the options file with ttyS0, do NOT make a
> modem symlink. This could, in fact, be responsible for all the rest of
> your problems.
No. The system is doing nothing else with serial ports. I am very aware of
the device locking issues. The reason I left the "/dev/modem" entry was
because I wanted the stock Debian files to be as pristine as possible... to
illustrate that they shouldn't be shipped that way.
> > of the connection, apparently). So, I tried pinging <remoteIP> and not a
> > single packet came back (although I could see them getting sent out on the
> > modem by watching the lights). Pinging <localIP> went fine, but didn't use
> > the modem. Pinging anywhere on the server's network other than <localIP>.
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> This is perhaps indicitive of a problem with your ISP. It is strange that
> it goes out but does not return.
Gee, that's *&^@$& hillarious, since *I'm* the ISP and I configured the
dial-up server exactly the way specified in the PPP HOWTO.
> If you want a better solution, why not use diald? It will automatically
> bring up the modem when there is a connection attempt, will handle
> disconnects due to idle, etc.
This is silly. This is like asking me to put my coffee-maker on an auto-
matic timer when the damn thing doesn't even make coffee correctly in the
first place. All diald would do is give me a non-functioning ppp link...
by hey, at least it would be "on-demand", eh?
To your credit, from what I've been reading, only you and Jens Jorgensen seem
to know PPP from a hole in the ground. You two are the only ones who seemed
to have even a clue as to where the problem might lie. Strangely, you two
are also the only ones who suggested diald.... which is clearly an
inappropriate step until I actually can get a packet back from the remote
machine.
- Joe
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