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Re: PPP/dialup prblems (what the F happened?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Tue Nov 10 00:49:51 1998
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:20:11 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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Jon Shoberg wrote:
> Ok,
>
> Something a little odd happened today which, being a new user, with my
> dialup/ppp. Once I figured out PPP, using the conreoll pannel, things
> have been for the most part, smooth. PPP does its thing dirring the
> boot process, then I log in and start doin my things.
>
> Todaym the ISP did not answer and the connection timed out. After that
> my modem was locked. /dev/modem was unaccessible by minicom and the 'TR'
> light was flashing every 2 or 3 seconds. After a couple of reboots
> nothing changed. After deleting the ppp config and reentering it, I was
> able to dialout. Same things happened again, I did the same thing over,
> and eventually the ISP answered abd life is good again :)
>
> Basically, any reasons why my modem would lockup/flashing 'TR' light?
> Is there a simple way to unlock and dialout to my other ISP ?
Instead of rebooting, you may be able to clear the situation using
# /sbin/ifdown ppp0 followed by
# /sbin/ifup ppp0
Try setting the thing so it does not start at boot time and start it with
ifup ppp0
when you need it.
In the gui that sets up your connection, make sure the expect/send blanks are
empty,
assuming your ISP uses PAP authentication.
Make sure there is no getty running on the port, ie nothing in /etc/inittab
mentions /dev/modem, /dev/ttyS* or /dev/cua*
Tell your ppp setup, minicom, and anything else that uses the
same name. Ie, call it /dev/modem everywhere, not /dev/ttySX or /dev/cuaX.
>
>
> thanks
>
> - jon
>
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