> Debian users
>
> I am having intermitent luck connecting with my ISP. I know that my
> chat script is ok, but sometimes after the pppd starts the serial
> connection my isp does not give my my dynamic IP address. sometimes
> it does and sometimes it doesn't.
>
> Q> is there a way to get the pppd to ask for the ip address
> forcefully? at the moment the connection just waits, and cannot
> configure ifconfig.
>
Are you sure that the IP is the problem and not a symptom since something
earlier in the setup of the ppp connection has broken?
One way to find out is to enable debugging, both in the ppp config files and
in /etc/syslog.conf and then inspecting the log files again.
> Tom
>
>
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