Last night, I had a PPP connection over null modem working perfectly. I was using it to install packages on a laptop over the modem on my desktop, after installing the potato base using floppies and setting up IP-Masquerate on the desktop. It worked flawlessly.
This morning I can't connect. As far as I can tell I'm using the same command line. This is what I'm entering on the desktop: pppd nodetach debug crtscts lock local 192.168.0.1:192.168.1.2 \ /dev/ttyS0 57600 And on the laptop the same, with the IP addresses reversed and defaultroute. I know the serial ports work because I can run a getty on either box and log into the other using minicom. When I try it, I get a series of lines like this: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 150> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x3af471af> <pcomp> <accomp>] Last night, after this there's be a ConfAck packet and some other negotiation, then a connection would be there for me to use ifconfig and route. This morning, the laptop didn't show any "rcvd" messages. although the desktop did. Obviously with only one machine "hearing" the other they couldn't negotiate a connection. After multiple tries, now *neither* machine is showing any "rcvd" messages. Again, the physical connection is fine, because I can talk over it using getty. What the heck is going on here? More info on request. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum <http://dm.net>
