Re: PPP MTU on an Ethernet link.

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:32 AM, wrote: > Observed Phenomenon [snip] > Questions > Can anyone explain why the dhcp negotiation > in Lenny results in MTU = 576?  Is there any ask the dhcp server, as somebody suggested it might have something to do with pmtu > practical way to get 1500? > > Than

Re: PPP MTU on an Ethernet link.

On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 13:32 -0700, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Observed Phenomenon > The interface from a Squeeze Linux router to > an ISP cable modem, configured with this line > in /etc/network/interfaces, has MTU = 1500. > iface eth0 inet dhcp > Good; just as expected. > > For Lenny, the s

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

--- On Thu, 12/24/09, Kevin Ross wrote: > Try adding "maxfail 0" to your config file. Thanks for this suggestion. I have added the 'maxfail 0' line to my provider file but it does not seem to have solved the problem. When I boot into Linux from cold, iceweasel cannot connect to the internet

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

stephen...@yahoo.com wrote: Just to update this old thread a bit: actually this didn't work perfectly, it only worked when I started up Linux when the PC was already switched on beforehand. When switching the PC on from cold and booting into Linux, it did not work, I think because it was trying

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

Thanks Stan but my modem is powered from the PC - it has no other power supply. (Here is a picture of the model I have, which I found on the internet: http://www.sbazar.cz/img/big/74/2917974_1.jpg ). And I wouldn't like to leave the PC on all the time, I don't think its power would be negligib

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

stephen...@yahoo.com put forth on 12/23/2009 8:37 AM: > --- On Tue, 11/3/09, stephen...@yahoo.com wrote: > >> --- On Sat, 10/31/09, Kevin Ross wrote: >> >>> If you want to have your connection >>> be established on bootup, the "Debian >>> way" is to add your PPP connection to your >>> /etc/netwo

RE: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

--- On Tue, 11/3/09, stephen...@yahoo.com wrote: > --- On Sat, 10/31/09, Kevin Ross wrote: > > > If you want to have your connection > > be established on bootup, the "Debian > > way" is to add your PPP connection to your > > /etc/network/interfaces file, > > like: > > > > auto ppp0 > > iface

RE: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

--- On Sat, 10/31/09, Kevin Ross wrote: > If you want to have your connection > be established on bootup, the "Debian > way" is to add your PPP connection to your > /etc/network/interfaces file, > like: > > auto ppp0 > iface ppp0 inet ppp > provider dsl-provider This worked perfectly - I no

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

Hi, On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 08:15:25PM -0700, stephen...@yahoo.com wrote: > --- On Sat, 10/31/09, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > Maybe I missed something in a previous post. If you > > don't have > > ethernet, then how are you connecting to the dsl > > modem? USB? > > Yes USB to ADSL modem to POTS.

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

--- On Sun, 11/1/09, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > stephen...@yahoo.com > put forth on 11/1/2009 3:19 AM: > > No not absolutely sure, I just assumed... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Protocol_over_ATM > > By saying > "DHCP" for all dynamic IP allocations, you're in essence > doing wha

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

Klistvud: > Well, another, quite intuitive way of achieving what you want would be > to write a script to launch Iceweasel Good idea, should have thought of that myself. On reflection though, although my guests will only want to use iceweasel, I occasionally use other internet programs such as

RE: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

> From: stephen...@yahoo.com [mailto:stephen...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 5:16 AM > > My current ISP uses DHCP - does that change anything you've written? > Are you absolutely sure of that? ISP's mainly use two different methods of assigning IP addresses to their customers.

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

Well, another, quite intuitive way of achieving what you want would be to write a script to launch Iceweasel, and use that script instead of the Iceweasel icon. In the script, you could type in all the commands you currently type by hand, then type iceweasel on the next line, and finally, type

RE: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

H.S.: > 3. Make a shortcut on everyone's desktop to call the pon command ("sudo > pon dsl-provider"). Thanks for that suggestion H.S., yes I think my 'guests' could manage that. I have added my guest accounts to the 'dip' group so the shortcut wouldn't need to use 'sudo'. However, in light of

RE: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

If you want to have your connection be established on bootup, the "Debian way" is to add your PPP connection to your /etc/network/interfaces file, like: auto ppp0 iface ppp0 inet ppp provider dsl-provider Then, in your ppp options, add the "persist" option, which will cause your connection to

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

stephen...@yahoo.com put forth on 10/30/2009 10:15 PM: > --- On Sat, 10/31/09, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> Maybe I missed something in a previous post. If you >> don't have >> ethernet, then how are you connecting to the dsl >> modem? USB? > > Yes USB to ADSL modem to POTS. I think your suggestion

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

stephen...@yahoo.com wrote: > It is just that I would prefer that non-technical guests staying at my house not have to learn to start an xfce-term and type 'pon' before they can use the Internet. If it comes to that I would make the machine boot up into Windows by default, but that would be an op

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

--- On Sat, 10/31/09, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Maybe I missed something in a previous post. If you > don't have > ethernet, then how are you connecting to the dsl > modem? USB? Yes USB to ADSL modem to POTS. I think your suggestion of buying a router was still valid however, I found several rec

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

stephen...@yahoo.com put forth on 10/30/2009 9:39 PM: > I have run pppoeconf as root, it is one of the things I tried over the last > few days. I just did it again, since I couldn't remember what happened the > last time. It just says no working Ethernet card can be found, not > surprising rea

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

I have run pppoeconf as root, it is one of the things I tried over the last few days. I just did it again, since I couldn't remember what happened the last time. It just says no working Ethernet card can be found, not surprising really since I don't have an Ethernet card. Am I missing somethi

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

stephen2eq writes: > It is just that I would prefer that non-technical guests staying at my > house not have to learn to start an xfce-term and type 'pon' before > they can use the Internet. Then why don't you just run pppoeconf as root, follow instructions, and be happy? Why do you want to compl

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

Celejar: > something using a local "firewall", plus something like fwlogwatch, > invoked with the -R option for "realtime response mode".  The idea Thanks for that, I will have look at fwlogwatch if / when I have some more time to spend on this (unfortunately, a week off work just ended today).

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

stephen...@yahoo.com put forth on 10/30/2009 9:49 AM: > Hello all, > new Debian user here, hope somebody can help. What do you have against using a PPPoE broadband router, like (most of) the rest of us? Masochist? -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

RE: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

> From: stephen...@yahoo.com [mailto:stephen...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 7:50 AM > > At the moment I have to start an xterm and explicitly type 'pon' before > I can use any internet-based programs such as iceweasel or even ping. > My question is, is there any way I can get icewe

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:49:34 -0700 (PDT) "stephen...@yahoo.com" wrote: ... > At the moment I have to start an xterm and explicitly type 'pon' > before I can use any internet-based programs such as iceweasel or > even ping. My question is, is there any way I can get iceweasel (or > ping) to caus

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

Hi Michael thanks for your help. I tried those three lines at the top of my provider file but they do not seem to have made any difference. (As an aside I did find it strange that if I put the 'connect' line somewhere else in the file other than at the top, pppd complains that it is an 'unreco

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

* stephen...@yahoo.com 30.10.2009 > At the moment I have to start an xterm and explicitly type 'pon' > before I can use any internet-based programs such as iceweasel or even > ping. My question is, is there any way I can get iceweasel (or ping) > to cause a GUI dialog to appear, asking me if

Re: Ppp-dialin help

On Wed, 28 May 2008, Mumia W.. wrote: On 05/28/2008 10:30 AM, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: I am trying to setup ppp dialin into my office Linux box. [...] ---/etc/ppp/option.ttyS0 192.168.0.12:192.168.0.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 [...] I think this is supposed to be /etc/ppp/options.ttyS0 . Note th

Re: Ppp-dialin help

On 05/28/2008 10:30 AM, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: I am trying to setup ppp dialin into my office Linux box. [...] ---/etc/ppp/option.ttyS0 192.168.0.12:192.168.0.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 [...] I think this is supposed to be /etc/ppp/options.ttyS0 . Note the "s" on the end of "options." -- To

Re: ppp set up

Doug writes: > ...you turn on the internet with pon provider (unless you provide another > provider name)... Pon defaults to "provider". -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ppp set up

On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 04:58:13PM +0100, jamesfoster wrote: > The ppp program seems to now be installed but not configured. > > When I go to 'Network settings' I can now see a modem connection but > it says the interface ppp0 is not configured. > > I go to 'properties' and 'modem' and click on '

Re: ppp set up

Hi, The ppp program seems to now be installed but not configured. When I go to 'Network settings' I can now see a modem connection but it says the interface ppp0 is not configured. I go to 'properties' and 'modem' and click on 'auto detect' but get the message that no modem could be detected.

Re: ppp set up

jamesfoster wrote: Hi, Hello James, I still cannot set up dial up internet connection for Debian Etch. Help! I try to install the wvdial program but get 'Error: Dependency is not satisfied: libaniconf4.2' I don't know what that's about. If it's a dependency, apt should pull it in. so no j

Re: ppp set up

jamesfoster writes: > I try to install the wvdial program but get 'Error: Dependency is not > satisfied: libaniconf4.2' How did you install wvdial? > I cant' find a program called 'am' that the help notes advised me to > install with the 'ppp' program. There does not seem to be any 'am'

Re: ppp

Alexander Harizanov wrote: Hi all, What coul be the reason of pppd failing after establishing a connection with remote computer? Regards Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

Re: PPP: VJ uncompressed error

On 19.10.06 15:23, Marcelo wrote: > Subject: PPP: VJ uncompressed error > > Does anyone know how to solve this error? yes. (fix your link?) -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tut

Re: ppp multi provider

Lawrence Nahum wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a computer with a two 56k serial modem that serve internet > connectivity to my lan. > I have different providers (ISP) and I sometimes I need both > connections UP. > Is the first time i use ppp on linux, i've checked some howto and yes, > i'm a littl

Re: ppp/wvdial help!

On Fri, 26 May 2006 17:08:26 + vasundhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I am trying wvdial as normal user and its giving errors saying no > permissions to /dev/modem > > and only getting connected when I am trying with root previlages. > how ever if I am using as normal user, I am forced

Re: Re: ppp/wvdial help!

Hi, I am trying wvdial as normal user and its giving errors saying no permissions to /dev/modem and only getting connected when I am trying with root previlages. how ever if I am using as normal user, I am forced to run wvdial.conf once again to make the modem work efficiently. I would like to kn

Re: PPP Problem (Timeout LCP ConfReq)

I had a very similar problem on the LCP negotiation, and solved adding "SLIP support" on the kernel... It seems that pppd can't recognize LCP packets from the other end because they are compressed using CSLIP. Hope it could help you. Bye Leonardo -- Email.it, the professional e-mail, gratis

Re: ppp delay

Greetings: My local LUG came up with the fix: > could try placing TIMEOUT 120 into your chatscript (under /etc/chatscripts > on my machine) That did the trick. I can now check remote dialup account using a phone card. Here's my dailup routine: # modeminit '' ATZ # ispnumber OK-AT-OK "ATM1s11=5

Re: ppp SIGHUP problem

On 10/19/05, Marc Brünink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,I've two computers. One of them connects to the internet via pppwithout problems. The other just refuses to collaborate :-)I tryed to reconfigure the ppp with help of pppconfig. Didn't help abit. Then I tryed to copy the working files from on

Re: ppp & eth0

--- Haldor Riddering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I just installed sarge on my machine, just > disconnected the harddrives > and installed a > fresh new one for trialing so have no worries with > partitions or windows > getting in the way. > [snip] > near future I want to be able to net

Re: PPP Carrier Detect problem.

On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 11:32:52AM +0200, Louis Swart wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Intel x86 installation that has pppd > version 2.4.3. > > I have a GPRS modem connected to /dev/ttyS0. > I can connect and get a ppp0 interface. > When I unplug the GPRS modem from the serial port

Re: PPP Carrier Detect problem.

>> Hi, >> >> I have a Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Intel x86 installation that has pppd version >> 2.4.3. >> >> I have a GPRS modem connected to /dev/ttyS0. >> I can connect and get a ppp0 interface. >> When I unplug the GPRS modem from the serial port I can >> see the modem signals change state including

Re: PPP Carrier Detect problem.

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:32:52 +0200 "Louis Swart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Intel x86 installation that has pppd version > 2.4.3. > > I have a GPRS modem connected to /dev/ttyS0. > I can connect and get a ppp0 interface. > When I unplug the GPRS modem fro

Re: ppp problem

Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > - edit /etc/network/interfaces to add: > auto pppoe > iface pppoe inet ppp > provider pppoe > pre-up br2684ctl -b -c 0 -a 0.8.35 Experimenting, I commented it out. > pre-up ip link set up nas0 I changed this "nas0" to "eth0" as well as my

Re: ppp addresses and routing table

Adam Majer wrote: Bernd Prager wrote: I'm experiencing some trouble with my DSL setup. Every time after reboot my routing table is using my ppp0 P-t-P address instead of its inet address. Which is the correct way of setting routes. Default should go though the other end of the ppp con

Re: ppp addresses and routing table

Bernd Prager wrote: > I'm experiencing some trouble with my DSL setup. > Every time after reboot my routing table is using my ppp0 P-t-P > address instead of its inet address. Which is the correct way of setting routes. Default should go though the other end of the ppp connection. > > $ ifconfig

Re: PPP ip-up and firestarter

On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 06:04:01AM -0800, Jedi Knight wrote: > Anyway, whenever I get connected to my ISP, I get the > message that the ip-up script has started and a little > while later, that it has finished. However, If I check > iptables -L, there's no rules at all. For starters, I'd change /e

Re: PPP ip-up and firestarter

--- Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jedi Knight([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is > reported to have said: > > Hello, > > > > I'm using debian and use ppp to dial to my ISP. I > > wanted to start firestarter whenever my connection > is > > up and stop it whenever my connection goes down. > > Firesta

Re: PPP ip-up and firestarter

Jedi Knight([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hello, > > I'm using debian and use ppp to dial to my ISP. I > wanted to start firestarter whenever my connection is > up and stop it whenever my connection goes down. > Firestarter creates automatically a script in > /etc/ppp/ip-ip.d/ dir

Re: PPP connection

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Collet Brunel wrote: > I connect to the internet through a 56K USR modem. > Whenever I connect to my ISP using wvdial, it outputs > lots of messages about the connection and one of these > displays the connection speed that was established > (something like CONNECT

Re: PPP connection

Collet Brunel wrote: Hello, I connect to the internet through a 56K USR modem. Whenever I connect to my ISP using wvdial, it outputs lots of messages about the connection and one of these displays the connection speed that was established (something like CONNECT 50666 etc... ). However, whenever

Re: ppp dynamic dns need /etc/resolv.conf to work, a bug?

Well, before filling a new bug, I searched bugs on Firestarter package and found that bug #277496 is already there (for 16 days long) describing the problem of using /etc/ppp/ip-up.local, and the maintainer of the package working on a patch for this. --Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: ppp dynamic dns need /etc/resolv.conf to work, a bug?

Thanks for your help. First, I now understand that /etc/resolv.conf is dynamically created when using usepeerdns option of pppd. It took me some time, because I had others things to do. It turned out that Firestarter have created an ip-up.local file, that was stopping ip-up script. I guess I should

Re: ppp dynamic dns need /etc/resolv.conf to work, a bug?

On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 01:15:00PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Pigeon writes: > > Also worth checking /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/000usepeerdns which ought to be > > detecting that you've used pppconfig and leaving all the work to > > .../0-dns-up. > > Here is usepeerdns-up: Ah, things have changed. I

Re: ppp dynamic dns need /etc/resolv.conf to work, a bug?

Pigeon writes: > Also worth checking /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/000usepeerdns which ought to be > detecting that you've used pppconfig and leaving all the work to > .../0-dns-up. Here is usepeerdns-up: #!/bin/sh -e # this variable is only set if the usepeerdns pppd option is being used [ "$USEPEERDNS"

Re: ppp dynamic dns need /etc/resolv.conf to work, a bug?

Paul Dufresne writes: > In advanced setting, nameservers, I have chosen dynamic. Your ISP supports this? Not all do. > I had forgotten this for a long time, but a recent update (I had this > problem even with stable, but now I use testing, with a bit of unstable > for mono), have made my /etc/re

Re: ppp dynamic dns need /etc/resolv.conf to work, a bug?

On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 03:03:00PM +, Paul Dufresne wrote: > I use a dialup modem to connect to Internet. > I use pppconfig to configured my provider connection. > In advanced setting, nameservers, I have chosen dynamic. > But I need to use /etc/resolv.conf with a nameserver line to be > able t

Re: ppp dynamic dns need /etc/resolv.conf to work, a bug?

Paul Dufresne([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > I use a dialup modem to connect to Internet. > I use pppconfig to configured my provider connection. > In advanced setting, nameservers, I have chosen dynamic. > But I need to use /etc/resolv.conf with a nameserver line to be > able to us

Re: ppp problems

Thomas Hood wrote: On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 19:52, Haldor Riddering wrote: cannot do dns lookups, surf, ping anything else. what am I doing wrong? how can I fix it? Red Faction wrote: Sounds like resolve.conf issue. Look into /etc/resolve.conf and add name servers there if not listed or not

Re: ppp problems

Incoming from Thomas Hood: > On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 19:52, Haldor Riddering wrote: > > cannot do dns lookups, surf, ping anything else. > > what am I doing wrong? how can I fix it? > > Red Faction wrote: > > Sounds like resolve.conf issue. Look into /etc/resolve.conf and add name > > servers there

Re: ppp problems

On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 19:52, Haldor Riddering wrote: > cannot do dns lookups, surf, ping anything else. > what am I doing wrong? how can I fix it? Red Faction wrote: > Sounds like resolve.conf issue. Look into /etc/resolve.conf and add name > servers there if not listed or not assigned by dhcp. T

Re: ppp problems

Sounds like resolve.conf issue. Look into /etc/resolve.conf and add name servers there if not listed or not assigned by dhcp. search domain-name nameserver ip-address nameserver ip-address HTH On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 19:52, Haldor Riddering wrote: > Hiya, just got a copy of woody r2, and installe

Re: PPP Failing - Unsupported Protocol

>> * Lost compression sync: disabling compression >> Jul 25 13:16:55 localhost pppd[4004]: \ >> sent [CCP TermReq id=0x5"Lost compression sync"] >> * Jul 25 13:16:55 localhost kernel: PPP: VJ decompression error >> Jul 25 13:16:56 localhost last message repeated 3 times >> * Jul 25

Re: PPP Failing - Unsupported Protocol

Kenneth Jacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > * Lost compression sync: disabling compression > Jul 25 13:16:55 localhost pppd[4004]: \ > sent [CCP TermReq id=0x5"Lost compression sync"] > * Jul 25 13:16:55 localhost kernel: PPP: VJ decompression error > Jul 25 13:16:56 localhost

Re: ppp setup problem-Solved

From: Iain Mac Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ppp setup problem Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 14:31:40 +0100 On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 13:00, Ogya Chief wrote: > > I will check the modem documentation to see what is required. > As an example here is the pertine

Re: ppp setup problem

On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 13:00, Ogya Chief wrote: > > I will check the modem documentation to see what is required. > As an example here is the pertinent line for one of my modems cat /etc/wvdial.conf | grep X3 Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 X3 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 But check your modem manual your settin

Re: ppp setup problem

David writes: > If you don't have a dial tone, nothing will dial out, it doesn't matter > what string you attach to it, you've got a dead line. We don't know where the OP is located. Some phone systems produce non-standard dialtones that are not recognized by some modems. BTW you do not have to

Re: ppp setup problem

On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 13:04, Katipo wrote: > If you don't have a dial tone, nothing will dial out, it doesn't matter > what string you attach to it, you've got a dead line. > You have to attend to that variable before you can go any further with > any sort of analysis. Not true! The dial tone

Re: ppp setup problem

That's a big clue. Try plugging a 'phone into your wall socket and try dialling out. Did you hear a dial tone? If that works try plugging in your modem again. If it still doesn't work are you using the correct cables? I did plug a phone into the phone socket of the modem and it worked. If your 'p

Re: ppp setup problem

Iain Mac Donald wrote: On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 09:11, Ogya Chief wrote: It failed with the message "NO DIALTONE". I also tried with pppconfig and I got the same message. That's a big clue. Try plugging a 'phone into your wall socket and try dialling out. Did you hear a dial tone? If that w

Re: ppp setup problem

On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 09:11, Ogya Chief wrote: > It failed > with the message "NO DIALTONE". I also tried with pppconfig and I got the > same message. That's a big clue. Try plugging a 'phone into your wall socket and try dialling out. Did you hear a dial tone? If that works try plugging in you

Re: ppp setup problem

From: richard lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ppp setup problem Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 06:04:15 -0400 On Tuesday 18 May 2004 05:25, Ogya Chief wrote: > Dear All: > > Whilst trying to set up ppp, I ended up with a system that does not > connect to

Re: ppp setup problem

On Tuesday 18 May 2004 05:25, Ogya Chief wrote: > Dear All: > > Whilst trying to set up ppp, I ended up with a system that does not > connect to the net. Whatever option I use to connect, I get a > message that says: > > /usr/sbin/pppd: unknown host: (none) > > Has anybody ever come across th

RE: ppp/diald networking dying under heavy IDE (or CPU?) load

> I am getting occasional "kernel: PPP: VJ decompression error" in my > logs. Might that result from dropped characters from a buffer > overrun (e.g., if the CPU is too busy doing PIO disk I/O to service > the serial port frequently enough)? > Hi Daniel, the ppp error message is coming up becaus

RE: ppp/diald networking dying under heavy IDE (or CPU?) load

> > Could it be by any chance that the NIC and the ide controller > and also the > > serial port controller are hooked up on the same IRQ? > > At least according to /proc/interrupts, the serial port doesn't seem to > be sharing interrupts: > > # more /proc/interrupts > CPU0 CPU1

Re: ppp problems

Hello Phil (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I'm trying to set up a home server (as practice) and having trouble > with finding module for a dell e100 imbedded NIC. It seems that one > exists on the debian site but the NIC doesn't work so I can't logon. Searching at w

Re: ppp problems

On (01/04/04 18:04), Phil wrote: > I'm trying to set up a home server (as practice) and having trouble with > finding module for a dell e100 imbedded NIC. It seems that one exists on > the debian site but the NIC doesn't work so I can't logon. So, Get a NIC, it'll save you hours of frustrat

Re: PPP config with external modem

*Please turn on your line wraps* "Preston Boyington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > John Hasler wrote: > : Preston writes: > :: This weekend I installed a base Debian system using the new > :: installer. My only "problem" is after using pppconfig to setup my > :: external modem it will activate the

Re: PPP config with external modem

"Preston Boyington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am wondering if it may have something to do with DHCP that was > setup during the install. How do I change it to a static IP address > and try it that way? Have others experienced something similar? DHCP is not used on PPP, PPP itself handles a

RE: PPP config with external modem

John Hasler wrote: : Preston writes: :: This weekend I installed a base Debian system using the new :: installer. My only "problem" is after using pppconfig to setup my :: external modem it will activate the modem (dial and apparently :: connect) but I can't get apt-setup to connect to any sources

Re: PPP config with external modem

Preston writes: > This weekend I installed a base Debian system using the new installer. > My only "problem" is after using pppconfig to setup my external modem it > will activate the modem (dial and apparently connect) but I can't get > apt-setup to connect to any sources to download programs. Te

Re: PPP config with external modem

Hello Preston Boyington (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > This weekend I installed a base Debian system using the new installer. > My only "problem" is after using pppconfig to setup my external modem > it will activate the modem (dial and apparently connect) but I can't > get apt-setup to connect

Re: ppp slow on home build kernel

--- Martijn Brouwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a laptop that has a 56k6 pcmcia modem and > runs debian testing. PPP does work, but when I use > an 2.4.22 kernel that I compiled myself, the > connection is very slow: only 1.5 kbyte/s for a > compressed file. If I use a standard 2.4.22 debi

Re: ppp daemon WORKING!!!!

On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 10:28:30PM -0800, J Y wrote: > WOW thanks for taking me under your "wing". I'm actually online, here, > courtsey of, ta da, DEBIAN! I looked in /etc/ after doing touch > /etc/resolv.conf and the file had a "?" on it I though that was a bad > sign however once I connected it

Re: ppp daemon WORKING!!!!

J Y writes: > I also have 22, yes twenty-two files, in /etc, named resolv.conf.ppp.temp > with 4 digit numbers after the "temp". Should I delete these? Yes. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: ppp daemon WORKING!!!!

WOW thanks for taking me under your "wing". I'm actually online, here, courtsey of, ta da, DEBIAN! I looked in /etc/ after doing touch /etc/resolv.conf and the file had a "?" on it I though that was a bad sign however once I connected it changed (no "?" on the file now) I also have 22, yes twenty-t

Re: ppp daemon resolv.conf empty

On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 10:01:41AM -0800, J Y wrote: > I looked in the file /etc/resolv.conf and there was nothing in it. > That's what ls -l gives too. > deblnx:~# ls -l /etc/resolv.conf > total 0 > deblnx:~# /etc/resolv.conf is a *directory*? How extremely peculiar. It's supposed to be a f

Re: ppp daemon resolv.conf empty

Sent out this message about 2 hours ago, but it never got on the list. It is in my 'sent mail" so it seems like it went out. I looked in the file /etc/resolv.conf and there was nothing in it. That's what ls -l gives too. deblnx:~# ls -l /etc/resolv.conf total 0 deblnx:~# I was thinkin

Re: ppp daemon resolv.conf empty

I looked in the file /etc/resolv.conf and there was nothing in it. That's what ls -l gives too. deblnx:~# ls -l /etc/resolv.conf total 0 deblnx:~# I was thinking of looking through the dvd I installed from but this file probably gets set-up/created during installation. Once again, Thanks

Re: ppp daemon 0dns-up fails!

On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 08:58:47PM -0800, J Y wrote: > And this ( which returned exit status 1) from 0dns-up: > > deblnx:/home/john# plog > Oct 4 23:25:39 deblnx pppd[1354]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 67.75.62.202> 209.244.0.3> ] > Oct 4 23:25:39 deblnx pppd[1354]: Cannot determine ethe

Re: ppp daemon 0dns-up fails!

PLease post your /etc/resolv.conf. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ppp daemon 0dns-up fails!

Purging configuration files for isdnutils ... Removing ipppd ... Stopping ipppd: ipppd. Purging configuration files for ipppd ... deblnx:/home/john# Following file from plog after removing addition exit 0 from usepeerdns: Oct 4 23:17:33 deblnx pppd[1070]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x1

Re: ppp daemon ip-up.d perm +

On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 10:06:57PM -0800, J Y wrote: > Hi, Permissions of ip-up.d: > deblnx:/home/john# ls -l /etc/ppp/ip-up.d > total 28 > -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 1306 Apr 25 2002 00-ipppd > -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 962 Apr 2 2002 000usepeerdns > -rwxr-xr-x1

Re: ppp stalls on computer activity

Thanks, csj DMA was the problem. I didn't have the chipset set in the kernel. Works like a dream now. Michael Westwind On Friday 26 September 2003 11:38, WMFender-Westwind wrote: > Hi all > > I have a Sony laptop PCG-FXA32 running Debian SID, kernel 2.4.20 > (hand-rolled) with an odd problem.

Re: ppp stalls on computer activity

At Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:38:09 -0700, WMFender-Westwind wrote: > > Hi all > > I have a Sony laptop PCG-FXA32 running Debian SID, kernel > 2.4.20 (hand-rolled) with an odd problem. I have an external > hardware modem (Motorola modemsurfr) on ttyS0. Every time > there is heavy load on the machine,

Re: ppp stalls on computer activity

i've got the same problem on my desktop computer, external 56k modem via serial link. i'm suspecting harware problem, like irq conflict or anything like that. when i'm playing a 3d game, irc connexions break down, and reconnect when i quit the game. ben Message de WMFender-Westwind, le vendred

Re: ppp connection speed

On Wednesday 20 August 2003 11:47, Shaul Karl wrote: > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 02:54:24PM +0300, Alphonse Ogulla wrote: > > Just configured ppp and established a connection using pon. ifconfig ppp0 > > shows device ppp0 is up and running but with no indication of the > > negotiated bandwidth. How c

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