Re: Connection Terminated, ..not 8 bit clean, all had 7 bit set to 0, Exit

[Joshua Prabhakar]

Hi Steven,
I faced a similar problem with my connection. It cleaned up when I checked the loopback address of my machine. Can you check your /etc/resolv.conf & etc/hosts.
Where is your 127.0.0.1 address pointed to. My modem was looping back constantly and I kept getting this message. You should have a line
127.0.0.1 localhost
and the localhost address should not point to anything else

Aside from this,
I downloaded ezppp from the net, and this helped me connect quickly... something I have been struggling with for over 4 months... of course out of ignorance.
Hope you get thru
Jessie:))

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> From: Steven D Boozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Connection Terminated, ..not 8 bit clean, all had 7 bit set to 0, Exit
> Date: 27. mai 1998 08:08
>
> Hello,
>     Thanks to everyone who responded with the help and info on my PnP modem
> last night and to pnpdump and isapnp. I finally got my Supra Express 56i
> (PnP) to dial-out.  I only had to take out my sounds card and networking
> card--NE2000--, wipe the drive and reinstall RedHat5 again. I thought it
> would be easier to have the bare minimum on hardware to get this modem
> problem resolved (I guess the configs matter from setup, not just removing
> hardware and rebooting, right?)  Not a big deal, because I'm learning
> alot--from many mistakes.
>
> ----The important stuff---
>      My ISP supports 56Flex and uses Windows NT4.0 on their server.  I'm not
> sure what I'm missing with the login process or configuration settings.  I
> am in X windows using the net configurator, Interface and activating the
> ppp0 that I created. My modem finally has come to life.  I hear it dialing
> out and going through the connection process.  I have a terminal window
> opened and have entered the commands: " tail -f /var/log/messages " Here is
> what I see there:
> pppd[878]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
> pppd[878]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> pppd[878]: Connection terminated.
> pppd[878]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean:
> pppd[878]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
> pppd[878]: Exit.
>
>     I can finally connect with Minicom, but I have no idea what to do with
> that (or what I can do with it).  I tried to telnet, but I get a "host name
> lookup failure." I get the same thing if I try to open up Netscape.  If I
> just enter the IP# of the web server, I get an error in netscape saying, " A
> network error occurred: unable to connect to server (TCP Error: Network is
> unreachable)....  I have entered and saved the DNS servers that my ISP uses,
> into the Network Configurator, Nameservers section.
>     Do I have to enable IP forwarding or what is it I need to do with my
> configurations?  It seems like TCP/IP isn't working.  Pinging gives me a
> "Network is unreachable".
>     Sorry for bugging with the problems and being long-winded on this one.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated while I am searching for answers.
>     Sincerely,
>     Steven D Boozer
>     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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