Re: hamm ppp questions
Rick Pasotto writes:
> When I put my static local ip address in pppconfig ppp wouldn't start.
> The modem connected, login and password were ok but then after several
> ConfReq/ConfAck messages it gave up.
Please try this again and send me copies of /etc/ppp/peers/provider and the
resulting log.
> When I changed to noipdefault the connection was established but ppp.log
> started getting lots of EchoReq/EchoRep message pairs. What are they and
> what's causing them?
This is normal. Your system and the ISP are assuring each other that they
are alive and the link is up. To make it stop edit /etc/ppp/peers/provider
and comment out the 'debug' option. Do the above experiment first, though.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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