Re: PPP Problem (Timeout LCP ConfReq)
There are those who would have you believe that Michael Croon wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm stuck with a problem related to ppp that is similar to the one already
> brought up here by Ashby Gochenour's (see his post
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-0007/msg00157.html in July).
> Unfortunately, no solution working for me was given in the thread.
>
> Short description of the problem:
> ---------------------------------
>
> * Config:
>
> - Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r0 _Potato_ Official i386
> - Linux Kernel 2.4.0-test9
> - PPP compiled as modules (ppp_generic.o, ppp_async.o)
> that kerneld inserts successfuly
> - ppp_2.3.11-1.4.deb
> - pppconfig_2.0.5.deb
>
> * Problem:
>
> I configured the scripts with pppconfig. I use PAP and chat. pppd calls
> the ISP, establishes a serial connection and dies with a LCP timeout after
> having failed to send out ConfReqs. It seems to be a specific problem to
> the above mentioned configuration as my SuSE 6.1 box (Linux 2.2.10,
> pppd 2.3.5) works fine with the same ISP (i.e. it sends out the LCP
> ConfReq and receives one shortly afterwards). I tried to use the SuSE
> scripts on Debian, but pppd died with 'alarm'.
>
You could try using the SuSE scripts on the Debian system, but comment
out all of the lines. Then uncomment them individually to find out
which one it doesn't like. You could also put the "kdebug 1" option
in your configuration on the Debian system so that you can see the LCP
handshaking on that one.
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