On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:02:15 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 26 August 2006 21:52, Alan wrote: > > OK changed that line but still does not sound right when dialling out > > but same result as last time. > > Cut that line out and it sounds to be dialling normally but still does > > not confirm connection. I don't have pppd installed on this box so don't have the man page locally. I am looking at one online. http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man8/pppd.8.html comments on options below > > > > Options: has the following set........ > > asynch 0 async option does not exist > > noauth > > crtscts "Specifies that pppd should set the serial port to use hardware flow control using the RTS and CTS signals in the RS-232 interface" is this right for a softmodem? > > lock > > hide-password > > modem > > noipdefault > > passive > > noip "Disable IPCP negotiation and IP communication. This option should only be required if the peer is buggy and gets confused by requests from pppd for IPCP negotiation." is that such a good idea? Isn't this the method for getting an IP address? > > +pap no such option > > debug if you have debug set pppd will send messages to your computers logs. We need to see those logs. It will probably be logging to /var/log/messages, so try : grep pppd /var/log/messages > > proxyarp > > noipx > > lcp-echo-interval 30 > > lcp-echo-failure 4 These two settings imply that the ppp daemon will disconnect if LCP echo fails four times, try boosting these figures up to give it more time to wait for a response, try interval 60 and failure 6. LCP is part of the initialisation process for ppp, and provides continuting advice about whether the link is active. > Add this one. > usepeerdns > yes, but thats not causing the problem I don't think. > And then these two. > mtu 1456 > mru 1456 > > > could not find usepeersdns > Please put it in. > > > and does not appear to have mtu and rtu set > > I think there was a -rtu and -mtu but they were # out > > > > Alan > > > > in the options file it said to use > > egrep -v '#|^ *S' /etc/options to see a list of commands that are set, > That incantation removes all the comment lines. > > It should be:- > egrep -v '#|^ *S' /etc/ppp/options > > Are you sure it's 'S' ( uppercase Ess ) and not '$' ( a dollar sign ) > > > I tried that but sed no such file > Well it would, because you missed out the /ppp part of the path. > > Also note that the init strings in Kppp should be:- > Init 1: AT &F E0 &C1 &D2 V1 S0=0\V1 > and > Init 2: ATS7=60S30=0L0M1\N3%C1&K3N1\J1X4 # I have removed the B commands > > Similarly in the config file for wvdial. > > If that doesn't work, it's definitely time to buy / borrow / beg an external > modem. > > -- > CS
