I'm having the exact same problem with my USRobotics. It was able to logon after
installing ppp 2.3.8-1.
Now my problem is even though I'm connected, I can't browse the internet. There is no
data transfer what so ever. Where should I
look to try and fix this?
Seve
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:07 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Robotics connects but not quite!
>Ben....I had exactly the same experience and after a short and
>fruitless struggle I went back to 6.1 on that machine (it's the
>only one that has a modem and is my masquerading machine).
>There are two threads so far this year on this problem. The
>best bet I saw, but haven't tried yet, as it would require me to
>reinstall 7.0 on that machine again just to see if it works, was
>to uninstall ppp-2.3.10-5mdk and install ppp 2.3.8-1mdk from the
>6.1 cd. Let me know what works for you.
>
>Alan
>
>
>Benjamin and Anna Sher wrote:
>>
>> Dear friends:
>>
>> Using Mandrake 7.0, U. S. Robotics EXT 56k modem on com2 (TTS1).
>>
>> My Robotics will dial into my Bellsouth provider, then CONNECT, but
>> suddenly conk out with a message "pppd has died out" and then restart
>> initializing and dialing again.
>>
>> Nothing I try seems to work. I still get the exact same response. It
>> connects, I get the following message on the log:
>>
>> ATZ
>> OK
>> ATM0L0
>> OK
>> ATDT525-3398
>> CONNECT 50666/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS
>>
>> Then it disconnects and I get a message saying that pppd has died.
>>
>> [root@adsl-77-232-204 /root]# cat /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
>> # Secrets for authentication using PAP
>> # client secret
>> sher07 * password
>> [root@adsl-77-232-204 /root]#
>>
>> I have tried to list my ISP number but that didn't work either.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Benjamin
>>
>> --
>> Benjamin and Anna Sher
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sher's Russian Web
>> http://www.websher.net
>
