Re: ppp IP address problem

From: Bill Unruh (unruh_at_string.physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 08/11/03 

Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 01:02:57 +0000 (UTC)

James Knott <bit_bucket@rogers.com> writes:

]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.

No. It will accept a local ip if the other side offers. Unfortunately it
never offers. Instead it accepts your initial recommendation.

(Note I have to guess as you did not post your debug output from pppd)

]> > 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.

Almost always not very useful. Instead put the debug option into
/etc/ppp/options and switch it on with a line like
daemon.*;local2.* /var/log/ppplog
into /etc/syslog.conf and then do
killall -1 syslogd

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

]tnx

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