Re: [aclug-L] Internet Connection Trouble

[Sanjay Dhar <sxdhar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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.

From what I can see, I assume that your ISP is not expecting you to
negotiate PPP at this point. You would need to log in first.

You can try the following command.(on one line)

/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS1 57600 debug connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v   ''
ATD5555555  CONNECT   ''  ogin:  <yourusername>  assword:  <yourpassword>"

Replace the 5555555 with the appropriate ISP # and /dev/ttyS1 with the
appropriate device that points to your modem.

Good luck.

--
Sanjay