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by **Lord Pe** » Sat, 21 Jun 1997 04:00:00

I am rather new at linux(and unix in general), and I just installed it
on my computer.
I am having trouble setting up a ppp connection over modem. I can get
the modem to dial the ISP and connect, but then it gets stuck, and I
can't tell where it does get stuck. I have looked under /usr/adm/syslog
and /etc/ppp/connect-errors. Are there any more logs, or a way to tell
the chat script to step through?

If you need to know, I am running slackware with a 2.0.29 kernel.

Oh, yeah. I don't have much time to get online, so please respond by
e-mail if possible.
--
Don Barber
aka Lord Pez

http://area51.home.ml.org

by **wals** » Sat, 21 Jun 1997 04:00:00

> I am rather new at linux(and unix in general), and I just installed it
> on my computer.
> I am having trouble setting up a ppp connection over modem. I can get
> the modem to dial the ISP and connect, but then it gets stuck, and I
> can't tell where it does get stuck. I have looked under /usr/adm/syslog
> and /etc/ppp/connect-errors. Are there any more logs, or a way to tell
> the chat script to step through?

> If you need to know, I am running slackware with a 2.0.29 kernel.

> Oh, yeah. I don't have much time to get online, so please respond by
> e-mail if possible.
> --
> Don Barber
> aka Lord Pez

> http://area51.home.ml.org

I posted a reply earlier but it seems to have got lost so here goes
again. Use minicom comms package to open the connect. Log on to your
ISP. Then leave minicom without resetting: ctrl_a q. The do pppd & or
whatever you normally do to launch pppd. Test if you are surfactive by
doing ifconfig and route -n and perhaps a ping.
Good luck

Bob Walsh

by **M Predd** » Sat, 21 Jun 1997 04:00:00

The ppp HOW-TO will step you through this and show you how to output
step-by-step logging to the console. However, the HOW-TO chat script
did not work for me but I found one that finally did. Now that it
works, establishing ppp with my ISP is faster and more reliable than it
was under 95 or NT. Email me if you need more info.

Mark

> I am rather new at linux(and unix in general), and I just installed it
> on my computer.
> I am having trouble setting up a ppp connection over modem. I can get
> the modem to dial the ISP and connect, but then it gets stuck, and I
> can't tell where it does get stuck. I have looked under /usr/adm/syslog
> and /etc/ppp/connect-errors. Are there any more logs, or a way to tell
> the chat script to step through?

> If you need to know, I am running slackware with a 2.0.29 kernel.

> Oh, yeah. I don't have much time to get online, so please respond by
> e-mail if possible.
> --
> Don Barber
> aka Lord Pez

> http://area51.home.ml.org

by **David Efflan** » Sun, 22 Jun 1997 04:00:00

>I am rather new at linux(and unix in general), and I just installed it
>on my computer.
>I am having trouble setting up a ppp connection over modem. I can get
>the modem to dial the ISP and connect, but then it gets stuck, and I
>can't tell where it does get stuck. I have looked under /usr/adm/syslog
>and /etc/ppp/connect-errors. Are there any more logs, or a way to tell
>the chat script to step through?

>If you need to know, I am running slackware with a 2.0.29 kernel.

>Oh, yeah. I don't have much time to get online, so please respond by
>e-mail if possible.
>--
>Don Barber
>aka Lord Pez

>http://area51.home.ml.org

I sent separate e-mail explaining what I did to login to CompuServe
PPP with Slackware 96 (3.1?) and kernel 2.0.30. I simply copied
ppp-on to ppp-cis and ppp-on-dialer to ppp-cis-dialer and made
appropriate changes to these files for CIS PPP.

I use my normal ISP for ppp-on and auto ppp using /sbin/request-route.

David Efflandt/Elgin, IL USA

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