Re: ppp IP address problem

From: James Knott (bit_bucket_at_rogers.com)
Date: 08/10/03 

Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 20:34:23 GMT

Clifford Kite wrote:

>> tried the "ipcp-accept-local" option in ppp, to force my computer to use
>> what the ISP should be providing, but it didn't help. I suppose what I
>
> It won't help if pppd requests an IP address based on a local interface's
> IP address, AND the ISP host PPP implementation is configured poorly
> enough to accept the requested IP address as your's for the PPP link.
>

That's why I tried that ipcp-accept-local, as it's supposed to override a
local setting and get the ip from the other end. However, it doesn't make
any difference.

> > need is some method to monitor what's actually being received from the
ISP.
> > That's easy enough to do with an external modem, but I'm not sure how to
do
> > it with an internal "Winmodem".
>
> I don't think the modem is a part of this problem. Add the pppd option
> debug to /etc/ppp/options and follow the recipe below to see what's
> being negotiated for the PPP link.
>

I was referring to ease of monitoring an external modem, with another serial
port, so I an read all the data going by.

I'll have to try that log stuff, to see what happens.

tnx 

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