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>I'm running Caldera OpenLinux 2.2. I've just converted to an ISDN
>telephone connection and an ISDN modem and have spent a frustratingly
>large amount of time failing to solve the following problem.

>I can make a PPP connection to my ISP but I can't even ping the remote
>IP address he sends me, let alone go somewhere else on the Internet.
>This happens both using kppp and when configuring pppd manually.

>Here is a tail on /var/log/messages:

>  Aug  9 23:20:03 dellxps300 pppd[3413]: Serial connection established.
>  Aug  9 23:20:04 dellxps300 pppd[3413]: Using interface ppp0
>  Aug  9 23:20:04 dellxps300 pppd[3413]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
>  Aug  9 23:20:05 dellxps300 pppd[3413]: Remote message:
>  Aug  9 23:20:05 dellxps300 pppd[3413]: local  IP address 195.24.90.210
>  Aug  9 23:20:05 dellxps300 pppd[3413]: remote IP address 172.29.1.104

>The output from route is then:

>  Kernel IP routing table
>  Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref
>Use Iface
>  172.29.1.104    *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0
>0 ppp0
>  127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0
>0 lo
>  default         172.29.1.104    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0
>0 ppp0

>When I do 'ping 172.29.1.104' then I see the transmit and receive lights
>on the modem flashing (and I see the bytes in and out ticking over if I
>use 'kppp') but ping fails to get/recognize any reply.

>ifconfig then shows:

>  lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>            inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>            UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
>            RX packets:573 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>            TX packets:573 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

>  ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
>            inet addr:195.24.90.210  P-t-P:172.29.1.104
>Mask:255.255.255.255
>            UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1524  Metric:1
>            RX packets:11 errors:9 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:9
>            TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:10

>which seems to show that all the receive packets were in error. But what
>does the 'frame:' count mean????

>The problem is definitely with my Linux setup, because from Windows NT I
>can connect to both my ISP's using this ISDN modem. Also, I was able to
>connect to them from Linux using my old analog modem before I changed to
>ISDN.

>Does anyone have any idea what might be wrong here???????

>Regards,

>Andy

>>Hi,

>>I'm running Caldera OpenLinux 2.2. I've just converted to an ISDN
>>telephone connection and an ISDN modem and have spent a frustratingly
>>large amount of time failing to solve the following problem.

>>I can make a PPP connection to my ISP but I can't even ping the remote
>>IP address he sends me, let alone go somewhere else on the Internet.
>>This happens both using kppp and when configuring pppd manually.

>>Here is a tail on /var/log/messages:

>>  Aug  9 23:20:03 dellxps300 pppd[3413]: Serial connection established.
>>  Aug  9 23:20:04 dellxps300 pppd[3413]: Using interface ppp0
>>  Aug  9 23:20:04 dellxps300 pppd[3413]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
>>  Aug  9 23:20:05 dellxps300 pppd[3413]: Remote message:
>>  Aug  9 23:20:05 dellxps300 pppd[3413]: local  IP address 195.24.90.210
>>  Aug  9 23:20:05 dellxps300 pppd[3413]: remote IP address 172.29.1.104

>>The output from route is then:

>>  Kernel IP routing table
>>  Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref
>>Use Iface
>>  172.29.1.104    *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0
>>0 ppp0
>>  127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0
>>0 lo
>>  default         172.29.1.104    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0
>>0 ppp0

>>When I do 'ping 172.29.1.104' then I see the transmit and receive lights
>>on the modem flashing (and I see the bytes in and out ticking over if I
>>use 'kppp') but ping fails to get/recognize any reply.

>>ifconfig then shows:

>>  lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>>            inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>>            UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
>>            RX packets:573 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>            TX packets:573 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

>>  ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
>>            inet addr:195.24.90.210  P-t-P:172.29.1.104
>>Mask:255.255.255.255
>>            UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1524  Metric:1
>>            RX packets:11 errors:9 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:9
>>            TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:10

>>which seems to show that all the receive packets were in error. But what
>>does the 'frame:' count mean????

>>The problem is definitely with my Linux setup, because from Windows NT I
>>can connect to both my ISP's using this ISDN modem. Also, I was able to
>>connect to them from Linux using my old analog modem before I changed to
>>ISDN.

>>Does anyone have any idea what might be wrong here???????

>>Regards,

>Try the pppd option asyncmap a0000 .

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