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Re: PPP Setup
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joerg Mertin)
Wed Oct 21 09:31:32 1998
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 14:34:56 +0200
From: Joerg Mertin <smurphy@dspecialists.de>
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In-Reply-To: <981021082921C8.07689@web02>; from mark_zander@earthling.net on Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 08:29:21AM -0400
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On Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 08:29:21AM -0400, mark_zander@earthling.net wrote:
> I just installed RedHat 5.1 and set up ppp just as it said in the book. It took a little configuration for it to recognize the messages coming back from the connection, but I finally got it to connect.
>
> The problem is that as soon as it connects I get the following messages in the /var/log/messages file:
>
>
> Serial connection established
> timeout set to 5 seconds
> Using interface ppp0
> Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
> Serial line is looped back.
> Connection termindate.
> Exit.
>
>
> And the connection breaks. Anybody know what is going on? Any help?
Try adding a -mn to your /etc/ppp/options file. Worked for me.
Regards
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