tytytytyty all, I'll try these ideas since I already attempted to talk to the help
desk at the isp end and found a kid with a scripted set of faq's and answers who could
provide no insight at all about the eightbit or any linux issues I might have.
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 19:41:09 -0500 (EST) Cynthia Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>This is from the HOWTO (which is a bit old -sigh-):
> 18.3.1. You are not correctly logging into the server
>
> When your chat script completes, pppd starts on your PC. However, if
> you have not completed the log in process to the server (including
> sending any command required to start PPP on the server), PPP will
> not start.
>
> So, the lcp packets are reflected and you receive this error.
>
> You need to carefully check and correct (if necessary) your chat
> script (see above).
>
> 18.3.2. You are not starting PPP on the server
>
> Some PPP servers require you to enter a command and/or a RETURN after
> completing the log in process before the remote end starts ppp.
>
> Check your chat script (see above).
>
> If you log in manually and find you need to send a RETURN after this
> to start PPP, simply add a blank expect/send pair to the end of your
> chat script (an empty send string actually sends a RETURN).
>
> 18.3.3. The remote PPP process is slow to start
>
> This one is a bit tricksy!
>
> By default, your Linux pppd is compiled to send a maximum of 10 lcp
> configuration requests. If the server is a bit slow to start up, all
> 10 such requests can be sent before the remote PPP is ready to receive
> them.
>
> On your machine, pppd sees all 10 requests reflected back (with the
> 8th bit stripped) and exits.
> There are two ways round this:-
>
> Add lcp-max-configure 30 to your ppp options. This increases the
> maximum number of lcp configure packets pppd sends before giving up.
> For really slow server, you may need even more than this.
>
> Alternatively, you can get a bit tricksy in return. You may have
> noticed that when you logged in by hand to the PPP server and PPP
> started there, the first character of the ppp garbage that appears was
> always the tilde character (~).
>
> Using this knowledge we can add a new expect/send pair to the end of
> the chat script which expects a tilde and sends nothing. This would
> look like:-
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
> \~ ''
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Note: as the tilde character has a special meaning in the shell, it
> must be escaped (and hence the leading backslash).
>
>
>
>But I used to work with Robert and he said that most of the time, the
>problem is on the ISP's end...
>Cindy
>
>On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Jeff Dike wrote:
>
>> > > My ppp log shows that all 7 bits set to zero not 8 bit clean, is there
>> > > any way to resolve this?
>>
>> > It's often a problem with the ISP, I don't remember what the exact
>> > cause is. So it's not your problem, unless you've also changed
>> > something in the ppp configuration.
>>
>> > It goes without saying that you probably don't get a IP address on
>> > connecting... if the problem persists more than a few hours, I try to
>> > get them on the phone.
>>
>> I get this occasionally. It's always a problem at the ISP end of things.
>> Retrying eventually gets me a good connection.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
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>
>Cynthia J. Dale
>Technical Engineer/FAQ maintainer
>Red Hat, Inc.
>
>fnord.
>
>
>
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