PPP in 2.1.111-pre1

James H. Cloos Jr. (cloos@jhcloos.com)
22 Jul 1998 06:22:40 -0500

I haven't really followed the recent `ppp doesn't work' threads, as it
had been working fine for me, but for really no good reason I compiled
ppp.o as a module for a change in 111-pre1.

Anyone having problems with PPP in recent 2.1.1xx's should try
compiling it in instead.

When I had it as a module, I was unable to get connected. The attempt
went something like:

pppd[588]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
pppd[588]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0xffff95f5> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[588]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2f <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <magic 0x6a890ba6> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[588]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2f <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <magic 0x6a890ba6> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[588]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0xffff95f5> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[588]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <magic 0xffff95f5> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[588]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="USER" password="PASSWD"]
pppd[588]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x2 user="USER" password="PASSWD"]
pppd[588]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x3 user="USER" password="PASSWD"]
pppd[588]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x4 user="USER" password="PASSWD"]
pppd[588]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x5 user="USER" password="PASSWD"]
pppd[588]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x6 user="USER" password="PASSWD"]
pppd[588]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x7 user="USER" password="PASSWD"]
pppd[588]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x8 user="USER" password="PASSWD"]
pppd[588]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x9 user="USER" password="PASSWD"]
pppd[588]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0xa user="USER" password="PASSWD"]
pppd[588]: No response to PAP authenticate-requests

at which point it would just hang. To hangup and try again I had to
manually break the connection or kill pppd.

Recompiling with CONFIG_PPP=y (as I usually do) solved the problem.
Now it is back to normal:

pppd[563]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
pppd[563]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0xfab7> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[563]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0xcd <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <magic 0x6ab6e458> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[563]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0xcd <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <magic 0x6ab6e458> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[563]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0xfab7> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[563]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0xfab7> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[563]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0xce <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <magic 0x6ab6f145> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[563]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0xce <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <magic 0x6ab6f145> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[563]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <magic 0xfab7> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[563]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="USER" password="PASSWD"]
pppd[563]: rcvd [PAP AuthAck id=0x1 ""]
pppd[563]: Remote message:
[etc]

(Perhaps this was already noted, but just in case....)

-JimC

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