> All,
>
> Thanks for the help so far. I finally got a chance to work some more on
> this, and I have had partial success. To make sure everything was in a
> proper state I removed the ppp package and /etc/ppp and then reinstalled
> the package. Then I ran pppconfig to get things set up. But no luck.
>
> Using
>
> pon <scriptname>
>
> actually gets the modem to dial and things look pretty good in the log,
> I get all the stuff I expect based on comparing the log file with the
> RedHat distribution that works. THen I actually get a connection but
> then I get a SIGHUP that I have no clue where it could be coming from.
> The details are in the snippet below.
>
> chat[490]: CONNECT
> chat[490]: -- got it
> chat[490]: send (\d)
> pppd[489]: Serial connection established.
> pppd[489]: Using interface ppp0
> pppd[489]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> pppd[489]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> pppd[489]: Modem hangup
> pppd[489]: Connection terminated.
> pppd[489]: Exit.
>
> Thus, the question of the day is why is the modem hanging up?
>
> A snippet from the RedHat log file looks like this.
>
> chat[846]: CONNECT
> chat[846]: -- got it
> chat[846]: send (\d)
> pppd[662]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
> pppd[662]: Local IP address changed to 209.244.134.226
> pppd[662]: Remote IP address changed to 209.247.23.241
>
> When using pppconfig I selected DHCP for dynamic IP-addresses. I also
> tried setting "ipcp-accept-remote" and "ipcp-accept-local" which
> according to the man page for pppd allow the resetting of the
> ip-addresses according to the server (peer). Anyway, from the log
> comparison it looks like the changing of the ip-addresses is the only
> thing missing and/or failing.
>
I am not sure whether you need DHCP. What other options are there?
What RedHat's file has?
What is the output of plog?
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> I have not made any progress on my ethernet problem. I still get the
> message
>
> Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17 192.168.1.2:138 192.168.255.255:138
> L=205 S=0x00 I=17003 F=0x0000 T=128 (#6)
>
> and on exit
>
> device eth0 left promiscuous mode
>
> Whatever these messages might mean. I can ping the machine, thus the
> ethernet card appears to work.
>
> Help is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>
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