Very Computer

by **Don Tvete** » Thu, 21 May 1998 04:00:00

18 months ago I managed a ppp connection to a local ISP and it has worked
fine
ever since. But now I am attempting a connection to unidial.com and I get
this in
the /var/log/messages file:

LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Connection Terminated
Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean
Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0

This is Red Hat 4 Linux

Please email even if you post (I am liable to miss posts until I get used to
IE4 under W95).

Thanks,

by **Paul Thomps** » Fri, 22 May 1998 04:00:00

[Posted and mailed]

You need to add the line 'debug' to your options file. Then you will
find out what is happening to cause LCP timeout.

Paul

> 18 months ago I managed a ppp connection to a local ISP and it has worked
> fine
> ever since. But now I am attempting a connection to unidial.com and I get
> this in
> the /var/log/messages file:

> LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Connection Terminated
> Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean
> Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0

> This is Red Hat 4 Linux

> Please email even if you post (I am liable to miss posts until I get used to
> IE4 under W95).

> Thanks,

--
"Lame is.
Lame is a hardy, robust bowl of steamy homemade stew.
Lame is finding crusty nuggets in the bottom of your shoe.
Lame is a * bath with squirrels biting on your knees.
Lame is going to the store and buying only peas.
Lame is a nap I am forced to foresake.
Lame is finding toenails baked right in your cake.
Lame is wearing big thick gloves while trying to take a wiz.
Of all these things, Lame really is." -A poem by Mischa

by **Don Tvete** » Sun, 24 May 1998 04:00:00

>18 months ago I managed a ppp connection to a local ISP and it has worked
>fine
>ever since. But now I am attempting a connection to unidial.com and I get
>this in
>the /var/log/messages file:

>LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
>Connection Terminated
>Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean
>Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0

>This is Red Hat 4 Linux

>Please email even if you post (I am liable to miss posts until I get used
to
>IE4 under W95).

>Thanks,

I made progess in my study of the problem. By using minicom I found the ISP
was
sending the string: "ascend%". After a while I figured out it was a command
line
prompt and found I could telnet and ftp from there as well as ask for help.
Unfortunately typing ppp in gives a message like "ppp not authorized or
available
or whatever". But I can get in by w95 so it knows the secret words. Does
anybody
out there know the secret words for such a system? It will free me from
w95, ie4
and outlook express!!!

Thanks,

Very Computer

pppd fails with: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests

pppd fails with: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests

pppd fails with: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests

pppd fails with: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests