Shawn, What is in /etc/ppp/options (or something similar) right now? There is a man page (probably listed at the end of the ppp man page) that relates to ppp options, if I remember correctly. Look in there for options related to LCP and try that option(s) out. I remember having to tweak a ppp connection with a couple options to get it to work again (it was to the U a long while ago - something changed, it stopped working, I added some appropriate options, it started working again). Good luck, Troy >>> fertch at mninter.net 09/12/01 10:45PM >>> On Wednesday 12 September 2001 15:48, Nate Carlson wrote: > Anything from /var/log/syslog? > > Generally, you can get away without specifying the local + remote IP > addresses.. pppd will fill them in itself. -- No. Well, nothing that's ppp related. Although, after rebuilding this machine and looking at the syslog... Sep 11 03:42:39 kernel: Symbol table has incorrect version number. What the heck??? Anyways, getting back to PPP. No. Here's what I get: #: ppp-on #: Serial connection established. Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0 LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests <loooooooonng pause as it hangs> then after a couple of minutes of doing nothing I get: Modem hangup Connection terminated Checking logs again, nothing. Troy wrote: <<Authentication with PPP is separate from other forms of authentication. If your modem is hanging up because you can't get authorization, you have a PPP problem, period. Ignore the routing/masqing/other issues until this one is resolved.>> That's what I'm doing. Was doing those other things at the same time being that I was modifying the files. Trying to kill two birds with one stone per se. <<Try connecting to the ISP using other boxes, OSes, what have you. Make sure the authentication method is the same (clear, chap, pap, ...) and that your credentials work. Then move on to PPP options. Who is the ISP?>> I have and can successfully. I can take my chat scripts with PAP authentication, secrets and options* files move between two other boxes (all slack 8) and connect. I can even connect with Win2k, Win98se, and any other multitudes of systems. The ISP is MNInter.net (aka Infinetivity), but it also won't connect to the RAS box at work which I can also connect to using any other box that's standalone. When looking at /var/log/messages: Sep 11 03:48:22 glyndale kernel: registered device ppp0 Sep 11 03:48:22 glyndale pppd[233]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Sep 11 03:48:23 glyndale chat[234]: timeout set to 60 seconds Sep 11 03:48:23 glyndale chat[234]: abort on (ERROR) Sep 11 03:48:23 glyndale chat[234]: abort on (BUSY) Sep 11 03:48:23 glyndale chat[234]: abort on (NO CARRIER) Sep 11 03:48:23 glyndale chat[234]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) Sep 11 03:48:23 glyndale chat[234]: send (AT&FH0^M) Sep 11 03:48:23 glyndale chat[234]: expect (OK) Sep 11 03:48:24 glyndale chat[234]: AT&FH0^M^M Sep 11 03:48:24 glyndale chat[234]: OK Sep 11 03:48:24 glyndale chat[234]: -- got it Sep 11 03:48:24 glyndale chat[234]: send (atdt<phone #>^M) Sep 11 03:48:24 glyndale chat[234]: timeout set to 75 seconds Sep 11 03:48:24 glyndale chat[234]: expect (CONNECT) Sep 11 03:48:24 glyndale chat[234]: ^M Sep 11 03:48:53 glyndale chat[234]: atdt<phone#>^M^M Sep 11 03:48:53 glyndale chat[234]: CONNECT Sep 11 03:48:53 glyndale chat[234]: -- got it Sep 11 03:48:53 glyndale pppd[233]: Serial connection established. Sep 11 03:48:53 glyndale pppd[233]: Using interface ppp0 Sep 11 03:48:53 glyndale pppd[233]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0 Sep 11 03:49:39 glyndale pppd[233]: Modem hangup Sep 11 03:49:39 glyndale pppd[233]: Connection terminated. Sep 11 03:49:40 glyndale pppd[233]: Exit. Sep 11 04:13:53 glyndale kernel: UMSDOS 0.85i (compatibility level 0.4, fast msdos) Totally mind boggling.... --- Shawn _______________________________________________ tclug-list mailing list tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list