Hi,
OK some more info:
OK - when connected the ifconfig reads:
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:11633 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11633 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:172.17.1.5 P-t-P:172.17.1.10 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:349 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1
TX packets:379 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
and the route -n reads:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
172.17.1.10 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
ppp0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
the /var/log/messages read:
Dec 2 09:53:16 phoenix pppd[889]: CCP terminated by peer
Dec 2 09:53:16 phoenix pppd[889]: Compression disabled by peer.
Dec 2 09:53:19 phoenix pppd[889]: Cannot determine ethernet address for
proxy A
RP
Dec 2 09:53:19 phoenix pppd[889]: local IP address 172.17.1.5
Dec 2 09:53:19 phoenix pppd[889]: remote IP address 172.17.1.10
OK - I tried telnet again and it took very long to connect - but it did
connect:
sorry forgot these :)
--Tonino