[aclug-L] Internet Connection Trouble

["Carl B. Davis" <cdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings, 

 I have RH 5.2 system with external modem.  I have used it for about a
month for connecting to the internet.  It never has been real solid, but
now it won't connect at all, or if it does, only for a few minutes.  I
checked error messages in /var/log/messages and it says the following: 

LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests                                 
Jun 25 08:27:17 linux pppd[4109]: Connection terminated.
Jun 25 08:27:17 linux pppd[4109]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit
clean:
Jun 25 08:27:17 linux pppd[4109]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
Jun 25 08:27:18 linux pppd[4109]: Exit.


Thats the message after dialing when it kils the connection.  I'm
sending this using my old Modem, not through linux.  This connection
from the same site is solid and has been up for 30 minutes.  

Other times, when the connection just terminates, all I get is this: 

Jun 25 08:25:44 linux pppd[4104]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
Jun 25 08:25:44 linux pppd[4104]: Modem hangup
Jun 25 08:25:44 linux pppd[4104]: Connection terminated.


Any suggestions or interpretation of the above messages is appreciated?


Thanks

Carl