Hello, I have a problem using my laptop to establish a connection between it and my lan and the internet. This is what I can describe and I really don't know where to look at to solve it. Once my laptop is up and running, I can "ping" another computer of my LAN with no problem at all. It works fine. But if I fire up kppp to call my ISP, kppp died and give me that as a log file : Feb 25 19:16:29 earlene pppd[1450]: By default the remote system is required to authenticate itself Feb 25 19:16:29 earlene pppd[1450]: (because this system has a default route to the internet) Feb 25 19:16:29 earlene pppd[1450]: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so. Feb 25 19:16:29 earlene pppd[1450]: (None of the available passwords would let it use an IP address.) If I do a "ifdown eth0", I have no problem at all to call my ISP..... BUT ... If I do the same process : I start my laptop, then, I ping another computer on my LAN, and it works as before, so no problem. Then I open a terminal, and type "ifup ppp0" to establish a connection on the Internet. The connection is established with a very good speed, and I have no problem. So it shows me that I can have a connection to the internet and a connection to another computer of my lan AT THE same time. (so with the same config). THen, if I stop the connection to the internet "ifdown ppp0", (the ping process is still running as I didn't stop it), then fire up kppp, I have no problem to reconnect my ISP, and so, kppp runs smoothly WITH a ping running in the background. Where this could come from ? Do you have an idea ? Thank you. Francois _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
