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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!portal.austin.ibm.com!awdprime.austin.ibm.com!boyd From: boyd@austin.ibm.com (Boyd R. Faulkner) Subject: Re: modem hangup problem with PPP Originator: boyd@worf.cet.austin.ibm.com Message-ID: <CEsH15.FD1@austin.ibm.com> Sender: boyd@austin.ibm.com () Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 14:46:17 GMT Reply-To: boyd@austin.ibm.com References: <29aed4$r0r@agate.berkeley.edu> Organization: IBM Austin Keywords: PPP, SLIP, unhappy camper Lines: 22 In article <29aed4$r0r@agate.berkeley.edu>, stas@scam.Berkeley.EDU (Stan Malyshev) writes: > 1. > > '/usr/libexec/pppd /dev/sio01' hangs up the modem immediately upon > being run, and the following message gets echoed: > > Oct 9 17:37:44 budo pppd[421]: Using interface ppp0 > Oct 9 17:37:44 budo pppd[421]: write > Oct 9 17:37:44 budo pppd[421]: write > > > I'd recompiled the kernel with 'pseudo-device ppp', and tip and SLIP > seem to work allright. What's wrong with PPP? It hangs up becuase the code drops DTR if you use other than the default line. It assumes you are dialing out and hangs up the modem. I hear that ppp is broken on EPSILON. Boyd