Re: An Odd PPP Problem

["Christopher J. Booth" <cbooth aixx net>]

Yup, we have an identical situation, except that using another ISP does
work in my case, and Caldera works fine, as well as Windows. I would much
rather stick with Red Hat and my small ISP, so any suggestions would be
welcome.

Christopher J. Booth
cbooth aixx net

On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 aldo dolfi libero it wrote:

> >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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