[ale] PPP Connection

[lst1017 at america.net (Leonard S. Thornton)]

On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Zot O'Connor wrote:

> I've seen this before, it often means the ppp server is not communicating 
> with the modem.  This is wasy to test by using minicom to dial the PPP 
> server, go through the logon, and see what happens.  IF you get nothing 
> but text, then you are not getting PPP.  Sometimes it means that the 
> login is not set for PPP.
> 
> Make sure you have chat using "-v" and ppp with "debug"  look at the log 
> files anfd see what is happening.
> 

Turns out it was a couple of different things:

1.  My modem was not recognizing the higher baud rate specified in the 
options file.  This was causing unrecognizable garbage on the line after 
pppd was started.

2.  The server was looking for PAP Authorization, which I fixed quickly.

3.  Had to specify -detach in the options file to NOT fork the pppd process.

Thanks to all who offered suggestions.  Life is now good.  I have PPP.

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