by I am also new to Linux and just got my ppp working. It appears your machine
is asking the ISP to authenticate themselves. You may want to read this for
more info. This paper worked for me the first time I tried.
http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
Good Luck!
> Hi anyone out there,
> I'm having (rather serious) problems with Linux. I'm using Caldera's
> OpenLinux 1.3 with KDE 1.0 on Pentium 200, RAM 64 MB and SupraExpress
> 336i on COM3 (which works fine on 'Microsoft' Windows 98), the 2.0.35
> kernel was compiled to support pentium and ppp internally. It can't be
> configured to connect to Internet at all.
> First I used kppp (script based), it dialed, logged in, and told me that
> it was 'logging on to network'. But that was that, it stayed put, until
> timed-out.
> Here's what happened on script debug window:
> ----------start of debugging message----------
> +++ATH
> OK
> ATZ
> OK
> ATDT2718000
> CONNECT 115200Welcome to Asia-Access Internet
> Host: US1
> Port: S6/2
> Username: ruangvit
> Password:
> PPP session from (203.145.0.204) to 203.145.3.105 beginning.
> ----------end of debugging message----------
> And the corresponding /var/log/messages:
> ----------start of /var/log/messages----------
> Apr 10 17:41:39 janbond syslog: ROOT LOGIN ON tty1
> Apr 10 17:42:00 janbond CRON[810]: (root) CMD ([ -x /usr/sbin/cronloop ]
> && /usr/sbin/cronloop Hourly)
> Apr 10 17:45:42 janbond xntpd[643]: synchronized to LOCAL(0), stratum=7
> Apr 10 17:45:42 janbond xntpd[643]: kernel pll status change 89
> Apr 10 17:47:01 janbond kernel: registered device ppp0
> Apr 10 17:47:01 janbond pppd[842]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0
> Apr 10 17:47:01 janbond pppd[842]: Using interface ppp0
> Apr 10 17:47:01 janbond pppd[842]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
> Apr 10 17:47:32 janbond pppd[842]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Apr 10 17:47:32 janbond pppd[842]: Connection terminated.
> ----------end of /var/log/messages----------
> Someone told me to try minicom. I could log in, quited without resetting
> and typed at commnd prompt 'pppd /dev/modem 38400 crtscts modem
> defaultroute'. I also commented out /etc/ppp/options. Here's what
> happened:
> ----------start of /var/log/messages----------
> Apr 13 18:25:03 janbond pppd[947]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0
> Apr 13 18:25:03 janbond pppd[947]: Using interface ppp0
> Apr 13 18:25:03 janbond pppd[947]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
> Apr 13 18:28:03 janbond pppd[947]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Apr 13 18:28:03 janbond pppd[947]: Connection terminated.
> ----------end of /var/log/messages----------
> Of course, on interface, it was nothing but quiet.
> I tried minicom again, this time using /etc/ppp/options which looked
> like:
> ----------start of /etc/ppp/options----------
> -detach
> modem
> lock
> crtscts
> defaultroute
> asyncmap 0
> mtu 552
> mru 552
> lcp-max-configure 60
> ----------end of /etc/ppp/options----------
> Here's what happened on the terminal:
> ----------start of login terminal----------
> CONNECT 115200
> Welcome to Asia-Access Internet
> Host: US1
> Port: S6/2
> Username: ruangvit
> Password:
> PPP session from (203.145.0.204) to 203.145.3.105 beginning.
> ----------end of login terminal----------
> I then pppd, which resulted:
> ----------start of pppd result----------
> ~?}#!}!}!} }8}!}$}"(}"}&} } } } }%}& ??}'}"}(}"]}.~~?}#!}!}!} }} } }
> }%}& ??}'}"}(}"]}.~~?}
> ----------end of pppd result----------
> And this is the corresponding /var/log/messages:
> ----------start of /var/log/options----------
> Apr 14 11:16:41 janbond pppd[831]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0
> Apr 14 11:16:41 janbond pppd[831]: Using interface ppp0
> Apr 14 11:16:41 janbond pppd[831]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyp0
> Apr 14 11:19:41 janbond pppd[831]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Apr 14 11:19:41 janbond pppd[831]: Connection terminated.
> Apr 14 11:19:41 janbond pppd[831]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit
> clean:
> Apr 14 11:19:41 janbond pppd[831]: Problem: nothing was received
> Apr 14 11:19:41 janbond pppd[831]: Exit.
> ----------end of /var/log/messages----------
> I tried looking up the howto's. Nothing seems to help.
> Waiting for your kindly reply.
> Ruangvith Tantibhaedhyangkul
> writing from a Microsoft system.