Re: ppp trouble on clean potato install [-v]
Ross Hamilton writes:
> Everything seems OK at the other end - I get a message: "Entering PP
> session", then notification of my assigned assigned dynamic IP and MTU
> numbers, followed by an encouraging-looking stream of garbage... but
> after a short time the connection drops with a "NO CARRIER" signal.
That sounds normal: the pppd at the other end gives up when it gets no
response to its lcp packets.
> I don't know whether or not this is relevant, but if I try to
> manually start pppd during the interval before the line drops, then I
> get the following message:
> pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself
Normal: you didn't start pppd with 'noauth' so it defaulted to 'auth'.
> Anyway, the connection drops whether I try to start pppd with no
> argument, or with "noauth" or with "call provider".
Exactly what happens when you start pppd with 'noauth'?
> Any thoughts or pointers anyone?
Please post the output of the 'plog' command after doing 'pon' and
/etc/chatscripts/provider.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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