[olug] pppd is pissing me off

[Nick Stankus]

lack of a cable modem......

hehe...just joking...

bad humor.

nixter out.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Lassek <alassek at techie.com>
To: <olug at bstc.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 4:14 PM
Subject: [olug] pppd is pissing me off


> Well, since I was still running a k6/2 400 I decided it was time to
upgrade.
> I replaced my mainboard with an asus a7v and an Athlon 900. Unfortunately,
> the a7v does not have an isa bus, and my modem just happens to be isa. So,
I
> also bought a hardware-controlled pci modem from us robotics that
> specifically claims linux compatibility. It only works with kenerel 2.4
and
> up, though, so I then had to upgrade my kernel before it would work. I
> finally got a working 2.4.3 install last night. Now, when I dial into my
ISP
> (using wvdial) it handshakes, connects, and then starts pppd--which
promptly
> fails (error code 1). I tried upgrading pppd with no luck and I know that
I
> compiled ppp support into the kernel. Can anybody tell me what could cause
a
> problem like this?
>
>
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