Can you advise what to do with the following?
$ ping -c1 192.115.23.205
PING 192.115.23.205 (192.115.23.205) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- 192.115.23.205 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 0ms
$
$ /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
192.115.23.205 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
ppp0
192.168.0.8 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.252 U 0 0 0
eth0
0.0.0.0 192.115.23.205 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
ppp0
$
Setting the default policies of iptables to ACCEPT change nothing.
Omitting the -c1 to ping and monitoring the `TX bytes' for
/sbin/ifconfig ppp0 shows that data continually get sent.
/var/log/syslog has:
Aug 9 18:16:23 calanit pppd[2130]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Aug 9 18:16:46 calanit pppd[2130]: Serial connection established.
Aug 9 18:16:46 calanit pppd[2130]: using channel 5
Aug 9 18:16:46 calanit pppd[2130]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 9 18:16:46 calanit pppd[2130]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2
Aug 9 18:16:47 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic
0xc94d7631> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Aug 9 18:16:50 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic
0xc94d7631> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Aug 9 18:16:53 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x4a <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth
pap> <magic 0xda88d684> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Aug 9 18:16:53 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x4a <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth
pap> <magic 0xda88d684> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Aug 9 18:16:53 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic
0xc94d7631> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Aug 9 18:16:56 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic
0xc94d7631> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Aug 9 18:16:56 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x4b <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth
pap> <magic 0xda88e375> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Aug 9 18:16:56 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x4b <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth
pap> <magic 0xda88e375> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Aug 9 18:16:56 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic
0xc94d7631> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Aug 9 18:16:56 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0xc94d7631]
Aug 9 18:16:56 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="shaul"
password=<hidden>]
Aug 9 18:16:57 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0xda88e375]
Aug 9 18:16:57 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [PAP AuthAck id=0x1 ""]
Aug 9 18:16:57 calanit pppd[2130]: kernel does not support PPP filtering
Aug 9 18:16:57 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 192.115.56.124>
<compress VJ 0f 01>]
Aug 9 18:16:57 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <deflate 15>
<deflate(old#) 15> <bsd v1 15>]
Aug 9 18:16:57 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x4c 80 fd 01 01 00 0f 1a 04
78 00 18 04 78 00 15 03 2f]
Aug 9 18:16:57 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x33 <compress VJ 0f 00>
<addr 192.115.23.205>]
Aug 9 18:16:57 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x33 <compress VJ 0f 00>
<addr 192.115.23.205>]
Aug 9 18:16:59 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x34 <compress VJ 0f 00>
<addr 192.115.23.205>]
Aug 9 18:16:59 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x34 <compress VJ 0f 00>
<addr 192.115.23.205>]
Aug 9 18:17:00 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 192.115.56.124>
<compress VJ 0f 01>]
Aug 9 18:17:00 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <addr 192.115.23.103>]
Aug 9 18:17:00 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 192.115.56.124>
<compress VJ 0f 01>]
Aug 9 18:17:00 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x2 <addr 192.115.23.103>]
Aug 9 18:17:00 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 <addr 192.115.56.124>
<compress VJ 0f 01>]
Aug 9 18:17:00 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x3 <addr 192.115.23.103>]
Aug 9 18:17:00 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x4 <addr 192.115.56.124>
<compress VJ 0f 01>]
Aug 9 18:17:00 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x4 <addr 192.115.23.103>]
Aug 9 18:17:00 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x5 <addr 192.115.56.124>
<compress VJ 0f 01>]
Aug 9 18:17:01 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x5 <addr 192.115.23.103>]
Aug 9 18:17:01 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x6 <addr 192.115.56.124>
<compress VJ 0f 01>]
Aug 9 18:17:01 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [IPCP ConfRej id=0x6 <addr 192.115.56.124>]
Aug 9 18:17:01 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x7 <addrs 192.115.56.124
0.0.0.0> <compress VJ 0f 01>]
Aug 9 18:17:01 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [IPCP ConfRej id=0x7 <addrs 192.115.56.124
0.0.0.0>]
Aug 9 18:17:01 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x8 <compress VJ 0f 01>]
Aug 9 18:17:01 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x8 <compress VJ 0f 01>]
Aug 9 18:17:01 calanit pppd[2130]: local IP address 192.115.56.124
Aug 9 18:17:01 calanit pppd[2130]: remote IP address 192.115.23.205
Aug 9 18:17:01 calanit pppd[2130]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started (pid 2133)
Aug 9 18:17:03 calanit pppd[2130]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 2133), status
= 0x1
Aug 9 18:17:26 calanit pppd[2130]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1 magic=0xc94d7631]
Aug 9 18:17:26 calanit pppd[2130]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x1 magic=0xda88e375]
--
Shaul Karl, shaul @ actcom . net . il
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