I am doing my best to get a ppp connection with my ISP working. I would have expected this to be fairly easy, because my provider supports Linux and has some scripts available for this purpose. Unfortunately, this did not turn out as easy as I hoped. My modem dials my provider and the script manages to get me logged-in. I seem to receive an IP address for the session, but after a second or three the line drops and I am lost. Even during the 3 seconds 'on-line', ifconfig does not report an ppp interface, so I assume that I am not really 'alive'. I have added both scripts and a portion of the log file, hoping that someone might be able to give me a clue where to look for the problem. This would be greatly appreciated!
Best regards, Erik van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------ ppp-on ------------ #!/bin/sh # LOCAL_IP=0.0.0.0 # Local IP address if known. Dynamic = 0.0.0.0 REMOTE_IP=0.0.0.0 # Remote IP address if desired. Normally 0.0.0.0 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 # The proper netmask if needed DIALER_SCRIPT=/etc/ppp/ppp-on-xs4all /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS0 spd_vhi if ! /usr/sbin/pppd -d \ /dev/ttyS0 115200 user avondel connect $DIALER_SCRIPT then echo pppd error. fi - ---------- ppp-on-xs4all - ---------- #!/bin/sh # exec chat -v \ TIMEOUT 3 \ ABORT '\nBUSY\r' \ ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r' \ ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r' \ '' \rAT \ 'OK-+++\c-OK' ATH0 \ TIMEOUT 30 \ OK 'ATZ' \ OK 'ATM0DT5350535' \ CONNECT '' - ---------- /var/log/ppp.log - ---------- Apr 15 21:48:11 souterrain pppd[28858]: pppd 2.2.0 started by erik, uid 0 Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: timeout set to 3 seconds Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: abort on (\nBUSY\r) Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: abort on (\nNO ANSWER\r) Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: abort on (\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r) Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: send (rAT^M) Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: expect (OK) Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: rAT^M^M Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: OK -- got it Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: send (ATH0^M) Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: timeout set to 30 seconds Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: expect (OK) Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: ^M Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: ATH0^M^M Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: OK -- got it Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: send (ATZ^M) Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: expect (OK) Apr 15 21:48:13 souterrain chat[28859]: ^M Apr 15 21:48:14 souterrain chat[28859]: ATZ^M^M Apr 15 21:48:14 souterrain chat[28859]: OK -- got it Apr 15 21:48:14 souterrain chat[28859]: send (ATM0DT5350535^M) Apr 15 21:48:15 souterrain chat[28859]: expect (CONNECT) Apr 15 21:48:15 souterrain chat[28859]: ^M Apr 15 21:48:32 souterrain chat[28859]: ATM0DT5350535^M^M Apr 15 21:48:32 souterrain chat[28859]: CONNECT -- got it Apr 15 21:48:32 souterrain chat[28859]: send (^M) Apr 15 21:48:32 souterrain pppd[28858]: Serial connection established. Apr 15 21:48:34 souterrain pppd[28858]: Using interface ppp0 Apr 15 21:48:34 souterrain pppd[28858]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0 Apr 15 21:48:40 souterrain pppd[28858]: Remote message: ^M Starting PPP for address 194.109.45.150^M ^M Apr 15 21:49:19 souterrain pppd[28858]: Modem hangup Apr 15 21:49:19 souterrain pppd[28858]: Connection terminated. Apr 15 21:49:19 souterrain pppd[28858]: Exit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]