Nick Phillips wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > but the session fails because modules ppp-compression-24 (and
> > a couple of others can't be found.
>
> I wouldn't bet on that being the reason. However...
>
> > I can't find either in the kernel or
> > ppp source where these modules are built.
>
> You need to edit /etc/modules.conf (or conf.modules, whichever your
> system uses) to include the lines:
>
> alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
> alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
>
> That is, if you want to be able to use either of those types of
> compression. There's a bit of a patent issue about ppp_deflate (the same
Actually, the one with the copyright issues is bsd_comp, ppp_deflate is
based on GNU zip (gzip) compression algorithms, which are better and
free.
> as there is for GIF files), so you may choose not to use that. Or you
> may not...
>
> I'm not sure what the module for ppp-compress-26 is supposed to be
> (predictor-1?), but I don't appear to be able to find it. And since it
> all works fine without it, I can't be bothered to try.
>
> However, you could equally well turn off all ppp compression in the pppd
> options or peer file ("nodeflate", "nobsdcomp", "nopredictor1").
>
> > Nov 9 20:33:13 milehi pppd[1408]: Unsupported protocol (0x802b) received
> > Nov 9 20:33:52 milehi pppd[1408]: IPCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> > Nov 9 20:33:52 milehi pppd[1408]: Connection terminated.
> > Nov 9 20:33:53 milehi pppd[1408]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> > Nov 9 20:33:53 milehi pppd[1408]: Exit.
>
> I suspect we'll need to have a look at some debugging output (kdebug and
> debug options) before being able to pin down exactly what your problem
> is. I could be wrong, though. Someone might well recognise your problem
> from the information you already gave... we'll see.
> --
> Nick Phillips ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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