On 22 August 2011 22:02, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:27:57 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote:
>
> > On 21 August 2011 21:20, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> But do you really need it? I mean, does your ISP require you to use a
> >> PPP connection with your router? I also use a DSL connection and don't
> >> need PPP for nothing.
> >>
> >>
> > No I don't.
> > I need pppd of course, but not ppp.
>
And here's a second sample to show how some things seem to move around:
Second sample:
weaver@Bandit:~$ su
Password:
Bandit:/home/weaver# plog
Aug 24 11:35:00 Bandit pppd[22604]: Serial link appears to be disconnected.
Aug 24 11:35:00 Bandit pppd[22604]: Connect time 3.0 minutes.
Aug 24 11:35:00 Bandit pppd[22604]: Sent 182 bytes, received 3875 bytes.
Aug 24 11:35:06 Bandit pppd[19295]: Connection terminated.
Aug 24 11:35:06 Bandit pppd[19295]: Modem hangup
Aug 24 11:35:06 Bandit pppd[22604]: Connection terminated.
Aug 24 11:35:06 Bandit pppd[22604]: Modem hangup
Bandit:/home/weaver#
Bandit:/home/weaver# ifconfig ppp0
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:110.174.203.247 P-t-P:10.20.21.81 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:54 (54.0 B) TX bytes:210 (210.0 B)
Bandit:/home/weaver# /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:60:c2:63:46
inet6 addr: fe80::215:60ff:fec2:6346/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1573 errors:0 dropped:119 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1796 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:150412 (146.8 KiB) TX bytes:131579 (128.4 KiB)
Interrupt:16
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:529 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:529 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:31314 (30.5 KiB) TX bytes:31314 (30.5 KiB)
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:110.174.203.247 P-t-P:10.20.21.81 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:54 (54.0 B) TX bytes:210 (210.0 B)
ppp1 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:110.174.203.247 P-t-P:10.20.21.81 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:114 (114.0 B) TX bytes:314 (314.0 B)
ppp2 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:110.174.203.247 P-t-P:10.20.21.72 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:54 (54.0 B) TX bytes:106 (106.0 B)
ppp3 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:110.174.203.247 P-t-P:10.20.21.36 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:37 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:31 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:11616 (11.3 KiB) TX bytes:4172 (4.0 KiB)
ppp4 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:110.174.203.247 P-t-P:10.20.21.36 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:1197 (1.1 KiB) TX bytes:586 (586.0 B)
ppp5 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:110.174.203.247 P-t-P:10.20.21.173
Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:181 (181.0 B) TX bytes:54 (54.0 B)
ppp6 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:110.174.203.247 P-t-P:10.20.21.173
Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:71 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:294 (294.0 B) TX bytes:4118 (4.0 KiB)
Bandit:/home/weaver# /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ppp2
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ppp1
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ppp0
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ppp6
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ppp3
10.20.21.36 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp3
10.20.21.72 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp2
10.20.21.81 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
10.20.21.81 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp1
10.20.21.173 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp6
Bandit:/home/weaver#
And that's it.
As you can see, the variation is in the 'plog' readout that says: 'serial
link appears to be disconnected'.
If anyone can cast some light, I'd be grateful.
Regards,
Weaver.
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