"Bob Puff@NLE" wrote:
>
> > I was wondering. What happens to the connection when the app initiating
> > the connection is closed or dies?
>
> Hey Mark,
>
> It will connect, probably not transfer any traffic, then disconnect after the idle
>timeout occurs.
>
> > Also, for some reason when I tried to start the process of installing this
> > I issued the launch command for the dialer from a terminal window per the
> > instructions and all I was able to get to happen was the modem would
> > continue to dial up the ISP. It wouldn't complete the connection. Any
> > suggestions?
>
> Sounds like you need to modify the chat script - could be your ISP doesn't use
> the same prompts. Follow the suggestion of calling your ISP with a basic term
> program, and write down the prompts. Also check your /var/log/messages file to
> see what is going on.
>
I think this user has the same problem as I have, that there are NO prompts
from the ISP's interface which waits until pppd sends some LCP packets before
continuing the handshake.
My reading indicates that the PPP session should commence to send the LCP
packets after the chat script exits - which _should_ occur when the modem
returns the CONNECT message -
Are we missing something from the pppd command line?? I have been back and
forth over this countless times, d....d if I can find it?
John
