This problem existed before that line was entered... The PPP Howto seemed to mention this might fix it. However all it seems to do is prolong how long I will wait for the return LCP echo. However, it never comes. I have tried this with both Earthlink and IBM.net and it happens with both of them. IBM actually had Linux PPP scripts on its site and I used those instead of my typical ppp-chat, ppp-connect scripts. Someone mentioned earlier that the routers at the ISP might not return echos and this may be unavoidable, but I have a difficult time believing that this same thing is happening at two National ISPs.
I have a feeling this is the cause of my modem. It is a cheap internal 33.6 modem that I bought from MicroTime, Inc. I couldn't find a MFG name for it but it uses Cirrus Logic chips. It is a PnP modem, but can be set up by changing jumpers to be a standard modem. (I have yet to try this). The manual (small as it is) mentions AT commands, but never mentions a preferred initialization string. I believe it to be Hayes compatible but I think the current settings are causing communication between Linux and the ISP to be difficult. It works fine under Win95 and WinNT. So, I am somewhat baffled. I appreciate your help and hope maybe someone can help me find a solution to this... Thanks, Bill ---"Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To quote from the pppd man page: > > lcp-echo-failure <n> > If this option is given, pppd will presume the peer > to be dead if n LCP echo-requests are sent without > receiving a valid LCP echo-reply. If this happens, > pppd will terminate the connection. Use of this > option requires a non-zero value for the lcp-echo- > interval parameter. This option can be used to > enable pppd to terminate after the physical connec > tion has been broken (e.g., the modem has hung up) > in situations where no hardware modem control lines > are available. > > ie. remove this option from your /etc/ppp/options file and this problem will > go away. > > Fabio Olive Leite wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > Hi there, > > > > > However, I get the LCP problem where they are being sent but not > > > received. I put LCP-MAX-CONFIGURE 30 in my options file and have > > > upped it all the way to 150, but I still don't get any LCP's received. > > > Finally after 30 - 60 seconds the modem simply hangs up... > > > > I've seen this on a local ISP, apparently their router doesn't care about > > responding to echo requests, and it looks like pppd doesn't like it. I've > > read every man pages and HOWTOs about it, but did not find a way to tell > > pppd not to care about echo requests... > > > > It seems all we can do is switch ISPs in this case. I hope someone can > > prove me wrong on this and tell us how can it be done! > > -- > Jens B. Jorgensen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
