I almost have this laptop connected by ppp to the debian machine on my
desk, but not quite.
>From /var/log/ppp.log:
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]: Iowa State University Telecommun
ications ENET server 9^M
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]: ^M
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]: ^M
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]: 1. Telnet host 11. set 8
-bit clean mode ^M
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]: ^M
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]: 2. ISUA: Project Vincent access 12. unset
8-bit clean mode ^M
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]: ^M
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]: 3. ISUM: Older Vincent MIPS
^M
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]: ^M
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]:
^M
... [lots of these]
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]: 10. log out
^M
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]: ^M
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]: Enter number of selection or use arrow keys:
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]: -- got it
Aug 11 15:26:30 hawkins chat[776]: send (??????)
Aug 11 15:26:31 hawkins chat[776]: expect (continue...)
Aug 11 15:26:31 hawkins chat[776]: 11^M
This allegedly sent an "11", which is the command to set 8 bit clean
Aug 11 15:26:31 hawkins chat[776]: press <RETURN> to continue...
Aug 11 15:26:31 hawkins chat[776]: -- got it
Aug 11 15:26:31 hawkins chat[776]: send (??????)
Aug 11 15:26:33 hawkins chat[776]: expect (keys:)
Aug 11 15:26:33 hawkins chat[776]: ^M
[the menu again]
Aug 11 15:26:33 hawkins chat[776]: Enter number of selection or use arrow keys:
Aug 11 15:26:33 hawkins chat[776]: -- got it
Aug 11 15:26:33 hawkins chat[776]: send (??????)
Aug 11 15:26:34 hawkins chat[776]: expect (host...)
Aug 11 15:26:34 hawkins chat[776]: 1^M
[It now knows that I want a telnet host]
Aug 11 15:26:34 hawkins chat[776]: Telnet host...
Aug 11 15:26:34 hawkins chat[776]: -- got it
Aug 11 15:26:34 hawkins chat[776]: send (??????)
Aug 11 15:26:35 hawkins chat[776]: expect (ogin:)
Aug 11 15:26:35 hawkins chat[776]: eyry.econ^M
Aug 11 15:26:36 hawkins chat[776]: Xyplex -010- ^GSession 1 to EYRY.ECON establi
shed^M
Aug 11 15:26:36 hawkins chat[776]: Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 eyry.econ.iastate.edu^M
Aug 11 15:26:36 hawkins chat[776]: ^M
Aug 11 15:26:36 hawkins chat[776]: eyry login:
Aug 11 15:26:36 hawkins chat[776]: -- got it
Aug 11 15:26:36 hawkins chat[776]: send (??????)
Aug 11 15:26:37 hawkins chat[776]: expect (ssword:)
Aug 11 15:26:37 hawkins chat[776]: hawkppp^M
Aug 11 15:26:37 hawkins chat[776]: Password:
Aug 11 15:26:37 hawkins chat[776]: -- got it
Aug 11 15:26:37 hawkins chat[776]: send (??????)
Aug 11 15:26:37 hawkins chat[776]: send (\d)
Aug 11 15:26:38 hawkins pppd[775]: Serial connection established.
It now has a serial connection, and the host machine knows that
it's logged in [i checked :) ]
Aug 11 15:26:39 hawkins pppd[775]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 11 15:26:39 hawkins pppd[775]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
Aug 11 15:26:39 hawkins pppd[775]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magi
c 0xffff5557> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Aug 11 15:27:06 hawkins last message repeated 9 times
Aug 11 15:27:09 hawkins pppd[775]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Aug 11 15:27:09 hawkins pppd[775]: Connection terminated.
Aug 11 15:27:09 hawkins pppd[775]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean:
Aug 11 15:27:09 hawkins pppd[775]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
Aug 11 15:27:10 hawkins pppd[775]: Exit.
huh? This is an 8 bit clean connection. so how to i test it myself to
have something to show the telecommunications folks? Or could my modem
be sending 7 bits? It's a compaq pcmia modem in an ibm thinkpad.
any help would be appreciated.
rick
