Tapio, From: Tapio Lehtonen <tapio.lehto...@dnainternet.net> Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 16:04:30 +0300 > I try to connect two pc hosts with serial ports with a null modem cable.
PPP over a null modem and through modems and telephone lines have worked here for years. Configurations here. http://carnot.yi.org/NetworksPage.html mgetty provides ringback on the modem. Otherwise plain getty should work. Recently the Dalton machine was replaced with different hardware and a fresh installation of Squeeze. PPP has yet to work. Currently the null modem is giving this in /var/log/syslog. May 13 08:56:14 dalton kernel: [ 80.425375] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 May 13 08:56:14 dalton pppd[2046]: The remote system is required to authenticate itself May 13 08:56:14 dalton pppd[2046]: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so. Previously, PPP would refer to /etc/passwd but seems to have forgotten that. A glitch between mgetty and pppd? Something new in authentication? > ... starting kermit on both ends, ... I've never used kermit in linux. In /etc/inittab on one machine you could start getty. Then try a simple terminal emulator on the other machine. If that fails check /var/log/syslog. Regards, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 450 2132. bcc: peasthope at shaw.ca Shop pages http://carnot.yi.org/ accessible as long as the old drives survive. Personal pages http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/ . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/171057005.40538.36566@cantor.invalid
