[H-GEN] PPP Woes

[mike andrew]

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that to me smacks of dynamic versus static ip addressing. reverse whatever
you've currently got your dialler set to (kppp?) and give it a go.



On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, Raymond Smith wrote:
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> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am having troubles with PPP. Not through my ISP, but through my new
> employers modem banks...
> 
> I can log in ok, and then see a heap of PPP looking stuff come back over
> the modem. However, if I try to start PPP I get the following log entries:
> 
> Nov  5 00:10:38 avon kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
> Nov  5 00:10:38 avon kernel: registered device ppp0
> Nov  5 00:10:38 avon pppd[1195]: pppd 2.3.3 started by root, uid 0
> Nov  5 00:10:38 avon pppd[1195]: Using interface ppp0
> Nov  5 00:10:38 avon pppd[1195]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/cua1
> Nov  5 00:11:08 avon pppd[1195]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Nov  5 00:11:08 avon pppd[1195]: Connection terminated.
> Nov  5 00:11:09 avon pppd[1195]: Exit.
> 
> Can anyone think of a likely PPP option?
> 
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