Modem PPP Connetction Problems in FC1

From: Mike Insch (as00000042) (as00000042_at_ordan.org)
Date: 04/14/04

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    Hi,

    Hopefully someone can help stop me going bald - I'm tearing my hair out
    with frustration here!

    I have a problem with getting a good PPP connection with FC1. I am using
    a Sony Ericsson T300 Mobile connected by USB using a PL-2303 USB<-->Serial
    Adapter. I eventually figured the settings I needed to use to talk to the
    phone, and I have setup everything for the GPRS connection.

    To start with, using the "Network Device Contol" applet
    (redhat-control-network), I was getting "Failed to connect with error 8".
    I traced this back to the fact that my Provider (Orange UK) doesn't need a
    username and password to connect, so I had left them blank. Setting both
    to "*" in /etc/wvdial.conf got me connected - once!

    I then decided to try and enable some of the compression options, and to
    crank the DTE<-->DCE speed up a notch. Since I did that, everything has
    gotten borked!

    Now, when I try to connect, I get "Failed to connect with error 2".
    Looking in /var/log/messages, I see:
        Apr 14 11:59:13 emmie pppd[8234]: unrecognized option 'ifcfg-Orange'

    I have tried reverting to my original settings with no luck. I have
    deleted all of the settings for the connection, the provider and the modem
    from within redhat-config-network, and then re-created the lot, also with
    no luck. I can still connect to the Phone's Modem using minicom with no
    problem at all!

    I have tried to trace the problem, by modifying
    /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp so that it logs the full pppd
    command which is called to syslog - there is no mention on the command
    line of ifcfg-Orange (though 'Orange' on its own is mentioned several
    times). I have checked the pppd options file, /etc/ppp/options, and there
    is no mention of ifcfg-Orange there either.

    I'm beginning to get just a little frustrated, so any advice or
    information on where to look would be greatly appreciated.

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