Re: An Odd PPP Problem

[aldo dolfi libero it]

>From aldo pearl-plip pge Fri Mar 24 00:48:22 2000
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 23:45:45 +0100 (CET)
From: Aldo Dolfi <aldo pearl-plip pge>
To: redhat-install-list redhat com
Subject: Re: An Odd PPP Problem

Hello,

I have a laptop with RedHat 6.1 (Celeron 400MHz, 32MB RAM, 56k PCMCIA
modem), and similar problems.

I'm expiriencing ppp stalls after few minutes of connection.
I use kppp to dial up different providers; I found no difference
in the problem using different providers nor accessing different services.

With 'stall' I mean:
- all services using the link timeout or block; it's not even possible
  to ping the computer giving dialup access.
- no messages from the kernel in /var/log/messages
- issuing ifconfig ppp0, I see that the sent packets count is stable and
  no errors are reported; nonetheless ping claims it's just sent a bunch
  of packets away. The received packets count increments sometimes.

I have no problems using Win98. 

Well, we're at least in two :-(

Anyone, any suggestion?

TIA

Aldo Dolfi


On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Christopher J. Booth wrote:

> Hi, All:
> 
> I have Red Hat 6.2 on a new PC (AMD K-6 @ 450 MHz, 128k RAM, 56-k modem,
> IDE drives). The modem is not a Winmodem.
> 
> I have an ISP in New York City [Zone One], and for now I am dialing in
> from New Jersey. I have some local dial-up numbers that my ISP shares with
> at lease one other ISP--I don't know who is hosting the connection, but my
> ISP is using their dial-up numbers for NJ access. I am able to dial in and
> connect.
> 
> My problem is that shortly afterward the connection to my ISP fails,
> although I am not disconnected from the dial-up host. I am then unable to
> download email, surf the 'Net, or browse newsgroups. The only way I have
> found so far to talk to my ISP thereafter is to hang up and dial in again.
> Sometimes I have to dial in several times just to download my email.
> 
> I have tried two modems with the same problem.
> 
> I received a promotional CD-ROM with a 30-day trial of bellatlantic.net,
> and have signed on to try it. I have no problems connecting to their
> servers and staying connected, even to downloading email without stalling
> by connecting to bellatlantic.net but using my mail server at my original
> ISP. I want to keep the original ISP, whether I keep the second or not.
> 
> The twist is this: I also have Windows 98 and Caldera on my machine, and
> they both were able to connect to the first ISP with the NJ dialup number
> without the connection stalling. I could stay connected to download my
> email, use a Web browser, or read newsgroups with no problem.
> 
> This last fact makes me think that the problem is not at my ISP, but in my
> Red Hat settings. I currently have my /etc/hosts file set up as:
> 
> 127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain	localhost	ponte_vecchio.
> 
> where ponte_vecchio. (with the dot) is the hostname of my computer when in
> its Red Hat incarnation.
> 
> Can anyone suggest where this problem may originate?
> 
> [I don't know if this is relevant, but I find that neither the
> Control-Panel's Network Configuration nor the RH PPP Dialer, nor even the
> Dialup Configuration Tool will dial out and connect me successfully to any
> number. I use wvdial to dial out.]
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Chris Booth
> 
> Christopher J. Booth
> cbooth aixx net
> 
> 
> 
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