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From: wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong)
Subject: [1.1.5.1] PPP difficulty
Message-ID: <D9r4vr.4FA@latcs1.lat.oz.au>
Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia
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Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 12:47:51 GMT
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Has anyone managed to get pppd talk to an Annex-3 on 1.1.5.1 ?

I use kermit to dial-out to the ISP Annex-3 with the following options :

# /etc/ppp/options
crtscts         # enable hardware flow control
modem           # modem control line
passive         # wait for LCP packets
domain supercom.com.au      # put your domain name here

204.14.44.34:204.14.44.14 # put the IP of remote PPP host here
                # it will be used to route packets via PPP link
                # if you didn't specified the noipdefault option
                # change this line to <local_ip>:<remote_ip>

defaultroute    # put this if you want that PPP server will be your
                # default router
debug

Note that since that is a permanent dial-up link, the IP address for my end
is static.

I used kermit to make the connection and suspend it then start pppd on the
right port (/dev/cua00) and the right speed (57600). I can see SD and RD leds
flashing over some 5 seconds or more interval for quite a while and then it
stops. THen I checked netstat -nr, but no default route being added, and 
ifconfig ppp0 showed the local:remote addresses are not set proprly. 

So my questions are :

1) Should defaultroute option set the default route and reflected by 
   netstat -r ? In my case above, does it mean the connection has not been
   established properly ?
2) Why are ppp0 parameters not set at all ?
3) With debug option, whre should all te debuggin stuff go ? Can't seem to
   find it anywhere, not even from console.
4) Is there any special setting needed over my ISP Annex 3 end ?

Suggestions and advices appreciated via email.

Thanks in advance.
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- wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C Wong)

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