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Quote:> luck. I also attached below the log file for your info..

Quote:> ===============/ect/ppp/diald-dialer=============
> #!/bin/sh
> exec /usr/sbin/chat -v                                            \
>         TIMEOUT         3                                           \
>         ABORT           '\nBUSY\r'                               \
>         ABORT           '\nNO ANSWER\r'                    \
>         ABORT           '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r'    \
>         ' '                      'AT'
> \
>         'OK'                'ATZ'                                         \
>         TIMEOUT         120                                          \
>         'OK'                ATDT770393                              \
>         CONNECT

Quote:> ===================/var/log/nessages =======================

Quote:> May 13 17:47:12 myserver diald[907]: Running pppd (pid = 931).
> May 13 17:47:12 myserver kernel: PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
> May 13 17:47:12 myserver kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
> May 13 17:47:12 myserver kernel: registered device ppp0
> May 13 17:48:12 myserver diald[907]: pppd startup timed out. Check your pppd
> options. Killing pppd.

Do as it says, check the pppd options.  Although the diald options you
posted clearly contained some pppd options and I saw nothing unusual,
the diald configuration options may not be correctly specified.  You can
also add debug to the pppd options and post exact copies of the PPP
negotiation log messages, including timestamps, which should be in one
of the log files in the /var/log directory.  Just which file varies
according to how /etc/syslog.conf is configured.

The Lucent "modem" driver might also be a factor since as the kernel
version changes these must usually change too.

--

/* Better is the enemy of good enough. */

I also found I could dispense with entirely with the CHAT script if I just
set the parameters in the "chap-secrets" or "pap-secrets" file, as
appropriate.

Bill

Hi Suwat,

Quote:> I installed diald 0.91.1RPM package accompanied with a book on
> networking..I have modified the diald.conf and diald-dialer (attached for
> your ref) to suit (I believer !) my enviroment..When I run /usr/sbin/diald
> and ping somedomain.com or ip.ad.re.ss, my modem makes noise and
> connecting, but it then time out ...I have increased time out in
> diald-dialer, but still no luck. I also attached below the log file for
> your info..

> I am a newbie..don't know much about what those log messages mean and how
> to fix the problem.

You might like to take a look at your PPP options file to ensure that
everything does look right for a dialout to the remote site.  If you get stuck
take a look at the PPP-HOWTO located at http://www.linuxdoc.org and check to
make sure that you can form a PPP connection with your ISP without diald and
then introduce that once you know PPP works.

See ya

Dean Thompson

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