I have slink (no updates) and diald installed from debian CDs. My diald.options file is almost straight from the examples. I am using 'pon' in my connect line in diald.options. The problem is that although diald dials and appears to bring up the link when requested, no traffic is occurring on the link. I have 'mode ppp' in my options file. I have dynamic IP assignment and have given 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 as dummies for the local and remote, respectively. Ifconfig says
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 RX packets:20445 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:20445 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Collisions:0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:AF:B7:A9:24 inet addr:192.168.0.40 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:30298 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:34532 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Collisions:342 Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300 ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:195.197.43.120 P-t-P:195.197.52.149 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1524 Metric:1 RX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Collisions:0 Memory:36e038-36ec04 sl0 Link encap:Serial Line IP inet addr:10.0.0.1 P-t-P:10.0.0.2 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Collisions:0 but route -n says: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 10.0.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 1 0 0 sl0 195.197.52.157 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 84 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 71 lo 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 1 0 4 sl0 This is a part of ppp.log (I have removed username and password) Jan 29 14:05:50 komppi diald[3541]: Running connect (pid = 3556). Jan 29 14:05:51 komppi pppd[3557]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0 Jan 29 14:05:51 komppi chat[3558]: abort on (BUSY) Jan 29 14:05:51 komppi chat[3558]: abort on (NO CARRIER) Jan 29 14:05:51 komppi chat[3558]: abort on (VOICE) Jan 29 14:05:51 komppi chat[3558]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) Jan 29 14:05:51 komppi chat[3558]: abort on (NO ANSWER) Jan 29 14:05:51 komppi chat[3558]: send (ATZ^M) Jan 29 14:05:51 komppi chat[3558]: expect (OK) Jan 29 14:05:52 komppi chat[3558]: ATZ^M^M Jan 29 14:05:52 komppi chat[3558]: OK Jan 29 14:05:52 komppi chat[3558]: -- got it Jan 29 14:05:52 komppi chat[3558]: send (ATDT41024321^M) Jan 29 14:05:52 komppi chat[3558]: expect (CONNECT) Jan 29 14:05:52 komppi chat[3558]: ^M Jan 29 14:06:14 komppi chat[3558]: ATDT41024321^M^M Jan 29 14:06:14 komppi chat[3558]: CARRIER 33600^M Jan 29 14:06:15 komppi chat[3558]: ^M Jan 29 14:06:15 komppi chat[3558]: PROTOCOL: LAP-M^M Jan 29 14:06:15 komppi chat[3558]: ^M Jan 29 14:06:15 komppi chat[3558]: COMPRESSION: V.42BIS^M Jan 29 14:06:15 komppi chat[3558]: ^M Jan 29 14:06:15 komppi chat[3558]: CONNECT Jan 29 14:06:15 komppi chat[3558]: -- got it Jan 29 14:06:15 komppi chat[3558]: send (\d) Jan 29 14:06:16 komppi pppd[3557]: Serial connection established. Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: Using interface ppp0 Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1 Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x159f2937> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 < 00 04 00 00> <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <pcomp> <accomp> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 10 01 6a 55 5a 4c 36 73 6b 36 6b 30 36 71 63>] Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 < 00 04 00 00> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 10 01 6a 55 5a 4c 36 73 6b 36 6b 30 36 71 63>] Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x159f2937> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0x159f2937] Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="xxxxxx" password="xxxxx"] Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0x0] Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [PAP AuthAck id=0x1 ""] Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: Remote message: Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <bsd v1 15>] Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 195.197.52.149>] Jan 29 14:06:17 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 195.197.52.149>] Jan 29 14:06:18 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <addr 195.197.43.120>] Jan 29 14:06:18 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 195.197.43.120> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Jan 29 14:06:18 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x3 80 fd 01 01 00 07 15 03 2f] Jan 29 14:06:18 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <addr 195.197.43.120> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Jan 29 14:06:18 komppi pppd[3557]: not replacing existing default route to sl0 [0.0.0.0] Jan 29 14:06:18 komppi pppd[3557]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP Jan 29 14:06:18 komppi pppd[3557]: local IP address 195.197.43.120 Jan 29 14:06:18 komppi pppd[3557]: remote IP address 195.197.52.149 Jan 29 14:06:47 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1 magic=0x159f2937] Jan 29 14:06:47 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x1 magic=0x0] Jan 29 14:07:17 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x2 magic=0x159f2937] Jan 29 14:07:17 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x2 magic=0x0] Jan 29 14:07:47 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x3 magic=0x159f2937] Jan 29 14:07:47 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x3 magic=0x0] Jan 29 14:08:17 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x4 magic=0x159f2937] Jan 29 14:08:17 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x4 magic=0x0] Jan 29 14:08:47 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x5 magic=0x159f2937] Jan 29 14:08:47 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x5 magic=0x0] Jan 29 14:08:51 komppi diald[3541]: Connect script timed out. Killing script. Jan 29 14:09:17 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x6 magic=0x159f2937] Jan 29 14:09:17 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x6 magic=0x0] Jan 29 14:09:28 komppi pppd[3557]: Terminating on signal 15. Jan 29 14:09:28 komppi pppd[3557]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "User request"] Jan 29 14:09:29 komppi pppd[3557]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x2] Jan 29 14:09:29 komppi pppd[3557]: Connection terminated. Jan 29 14:09:29 komppi pppd[3557]: Exit. Jan 29 14:09:30 komppi diald[3541]: Delaying 30 seconds before clear to dial. And corresponding diald.log says Sat Jan 29 14:05:49 2000 EET: Calling site 10.0.0.2. Sat Jan 29 14:09:29 2000 EET: Disconnected. Call duration 220 seconds. IP transmitted 3141 bytes and received 0 bytes. I am soory about the long message but I tried to put the logs in as they are. Thanks, Kari