Jim Thibodeau wrote:
>
> Greetings!
>
> I have a Linux box which has been sitting in the corner for the past
> several years, that has no monitor or keyboard attached to it, but I use it
> as a router with a combination of ppp and IP Masquerading. This has been
> very successful.
>
> I have recently purchased a new computer, featuring Intel's 440 GX chipset
> and dual Pentium II 450 processors.
>
> It seems that everything I try results in the same problem:
> When I run pppd, from any of several various configurations, my
> /usr/adm/message file reports indicates that there is no response from the
> modem.
>
> I have an external modem connected to /dev/ttyS1 (kernel V 2.2 reports that
> /dev/cuax is obsolete and to use /dev/ttySx).
>
> I can access the modem with minicom, either directly or using the symbolic
> link /dev/modem -> /dev/ttyS1
>
> In frustration and desparation, I plugged the modem into /dev/ttyS0, and
> even though everything in the ppp scripts points to /dev/ttyS1, the modem
> dialed, although ppp did not connect. At this point, I am not worried
> about why the ppp link failed after the modem dialed, in fact, I plugged
> the modem back into /dev/ttyS1, since, I believe very strongly that it
> should work there.
>
> Does any of this ring the proverbial bell with anyone? I have spent the
> past several days working on this problem with no results.
>
> I even tried installing kernel 2.0.9, which is the same version that works
> well on the IP-masquerade box, and copied all of the pppd, chat and the
> entire /etc/ppp directory from this box, with the same results. I have
> restored the kernel v2.2, since I need it for my scsi adapter and video
> board.
>
> I would be ever-so-thankful if anyone can point me in the correct direction
> on this one.
>
Boy, this one is a real puzzler! Why don't you post your pppd command
line and your options file (/etc/ppp/options unless you use the "file"
option in the command line) for everyone to look at.
-- David
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