hi there just for general information: an interesting point to note is that with pppd 2.3.5 it no longer seems possible to make a connection over a null modem cable with the command line described in the ppp-howto: root# pppd /dev/ttyS? 38400 <local-ip>:<peer-ip> crtscts when using this command on both machines with older pppd versions, the link comes up immediately. if you are using pppd 2.3.5, you will most likely find that pppd only connects to the serial device and then behaves like it is in passive or silent mode, ie. no lcp negotiation messages are sent. this may be a default that was compiled into pppd by my distro and could be different for some of you. i managed to get it working by changing the command to: root# pppd /dev/ttyS? 38400 <local-ip>:<peer-ip> crtscts connect " " on *both* machines. (both machines are running 2.3.5) to the best of my knowlage, this is not mentioned in the ppp-howto or the man page for pppd. if any of you have the oportunity to try this on some of your machines running pppd 2.3.5 to see if you get the same results, i would appreciate some feedback. it may be worth adding to the ppp-howto to save others the time it took me to figure this out :) cheers andreas - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
