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<H4>"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"
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<a href="./index.html">The Answer Guy</a>
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<H4 align="center">By James T. Dennis,
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<a href="mailto:linux-questions-only@ssc.com">linux-questions-only@ssc.com</a><BR>
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Starshine Technical Services,
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<A HREF="http://www.starshine.org/">http://www.starshine.org/</A> </H4>
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<H3><img src="../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" alt="(?)" width="50" height="28"
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align="left" border="0">getting ppp-2.3.3 to work </H3>
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<p><strong>From tng on 29 Apr 1998
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Wasn't exactly sure where to send comments, questions....
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<br><br>
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Anyway I finally decided to migrate to linux kernel 2.1.94 mainly
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because of the .94 indicates that they are almost ready for the next
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stable release...
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</strong></p>
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<blockquote><img src="../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" width="50" height="28" alt="(!)"
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align="left" border="0">
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Now is indeed the time for a broader audience to do more testing of the
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<a href="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.1/">new kernels</a>.
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However it is still a beta, and it should be used on non-critical systems,
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personal workstations, testbeds, home servers etc.
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<br><br>
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Obviously for some purposes you need the new features of 2.1.x for
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some production work --- but you have to understand the risks you're
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taking in the process.
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<p><strong><img src="../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" width="50" height="28" alt="(?)"
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The problem I have is ppp 2.3.3. I downloaded is read the README
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compiled the required parts and installed flawlessly...Now I CANNOT
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conect to my ISP.. They are running a linux network with redhat 5 for
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web hosting and slakeware controling the raid and passwords. I'm
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running slackware. (redhat would crash every couple days wipeing out my
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harddisk...got tired of rebuilding my system...got real good at backups
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<img src="../gx/dennis/smily.gif" alt=": )" height="24" width="20" align="top">
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)
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<blockquote><img src="../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" width="50" height="28" alt="(!)"
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Try at least the 2.1.98. I did read about a variety of problems with PPP
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and in the serial drivers in some of the 2.1.94 time frame.
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It's also a good idea to double check your IRQ settings and view
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the results of '<tt>setserial</tt>' and/or the system's autodetection of your
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serial settings. I also saw traffic that suggested that some
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cases where 2.1.x was more sensitive to some situations that 2.0
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would ignore.
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<br><br>
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Also try the most recent
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<a href="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.0/">stable kernel</a>
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(2.0.33 or .34) with this new <tt>pppd</tt>.
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<p><strong><img src="../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" width="50" height="28" alt="(?)"
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the ppp-2.2 I was using I had to use the <tt>+ua <file></tt> switch
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where file contained the username and password for upap auth. after
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upgrading this swich was no longer available so I simply added it to my
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<tt>/etc/ppp/pap-secrets</tt> file:
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<br><pre>
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username * password
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</pre>
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this didn't work. Tried the following
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<br><pre>
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localhost * username:password
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* * username:password
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</pre>
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<blockquote><img src="../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" width="50" height="28" alt="(!)"
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I've never used PAP/CHAP authentication with Linux. So I don't
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know if these are right. I would double check the
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<a href="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO.html">PPP-HOWTO</a>
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and I might even contact the author/maintainer of the 2.3.3 package
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to ask for a pointer. If you do so, please consider copying the
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maintainer for the PPP-HOWTO so that the docs can be updated
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as necessary (this may help reduce the number of time the <tt>pppd</tt>
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maintainer has to answer this question --- and it may be for a
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quick answer to the people who don't bother to look for a newer
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version of the HOWTO.
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<p><strong><img src="../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" width="50" height="28" alt="(?)"
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align="left" border="0">
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My ISP hangs up on me. I changed the order of the fields every which
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way I could thing of but nothing worked. I would like to get my linux
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box back on the net because of better transfer times and a more stable
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environment. (linux connected at 33.6 and windoz connects and 24.# with
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the same serial settings modem init etc.)
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Please help...I hate to downgrade after houres of work upgrading.
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<blockquote><img src="../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" width="50" height="28" alt="(!)"
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As with all PPP configurations I'd suggest using <tt>minicom</tt> to connect
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to the ISP manually, quit out of <tt>minicom</tt> without disconnecting
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(something that C-Kermit won't do). Then you should be able to start
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<tt>pppd</tt> on that line so that it won't attempt authentication.
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<br><br>
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If that works than you know that the serial line, modems, and ISP's
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settings are all right --- and you can focus on the chat script and
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the authentication options (which are often the hard and confusing
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parts of PPP configuration, since they don't happen interactively).
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<br><br>
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Also, consider setting the <tt>kdebug</tt> option, running the tests and
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including excerpts from the resulting log files in your messages
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to me, to the <a href="http://www.ch4549.org/lust/">L.U.S.T.</a>
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list (Linux User's Support Team is a tech support mailing list, reasonably
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low traffic and high S/N ratio), to the newsgroups
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(comp.os.linux.<a href="news:comp.os.linux.networking">networking</a>
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or c.o.l.<a href="news:comp.os.linux.setup">setup</a> might be
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most useful).
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<br><br>
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(don't forget to blot out any password and user ID info)
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<H5 align="center"><a href="http://www.linuxgazette.com/copying.html"
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>Copyright ©</a> 1998, James T. Dennis <BR>
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Published in <I>Linux Gazette</I> Issue 29 June 1998</H5>
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