I have recently been experiencing a problem with ppp. The problem began
when I built myself a new 2.0.27 kernel, but does not seem to be related
to the kernel.
Here's the problem: After a boot up, I can ppp to my ISP just fine the
first time, but after dropping the connection, I can not establish a
connection until after rebooting the machine. Ppp cranks up the chat
script, which dials the provider. The modems negotiate speed and seconds
after the connection is established chat declares an error an aborts
causing pppd to drop as well. The modems are still happily chirping to
each other, and I must disconnect the phone line to get the provider modem
to drop.
I am running both 2.1.5 and 2.0.27 kernels. I can swap from one kernel to
the other, or keep rebooting the same one and the behavior is always the
same: First time connect works flawlessly, any attempt after the first
connection always fails the same way.
Aside from building a new kernel, I can think of no other packages that I
might have installed during this period. Since that time, I have installed
all the rex base packages, but this has not changed the behavior.
Any idea what's going on? A method of debugging this problem would do as
well.
TIA,
Dwarf
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