Subject: Re: LCP timeout sending Config-Requests
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: Martin Gerbing <martin@gerbing.net>
List: tech-net
Date: 12/18/2001 16:07:12
Hello David,

thanks for your hints.

> 1) tip the modem send the AT commands by hand.
>    after the 'CONNECT xxxx' message you will (probably) see the
>    far ends LCP requests.  These look like gibberish (tend to contain
>    a lot of "(" and ")") are about 40 chars and repeated every few seconds.
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Yes I am so far. I get the CONNECT message and then he say to me NO DIALTONE.


> 2) Get chat to work
Sorry, a silly question of an non-pppd and an non-chat expert: HOW can I get chat to work? How can I try it?


Thanks so far.

Martin




> 
> 3) Get ppp to use chat
> 
> Modify the syslog config file (etc/syslog.conf?) to put all messages (*.*?)
> to either the console or /var/log/messages.  Run a tail -f on the latter.
> 
> You almost certainly don't want your username/password in the chat
> script, but in the ppp config and secrets file.
> (put '*    *    password' into the secrets file)
> 
> 4) get ipf running before your machine is hacked.
> 
> It has to be said that netbsd doesn't make any of this easy!
> 
> (could we add some of files that are nearly correct to the release
> - especially for those versions where it is likely to be used by
> non-experts)
> 
> Unfortunately I can't look at my files, if I boot netBSD I can't use mail.
> 
>     David
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Martin Gerbing <martin@gerbing.net>
> To: <tech-net@netbsd.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 2:09 PM
> Subject: Re: LCP timeout sending Config-Requests
> 
> 
> > Hello again,
> > 
> > thanks for the hints. I tried it but it is still the same.
> > For a better description of my problem I write my /etc/ppp/options down:
> > 
> > # /etc/ppp/options
> > lock
> > crtscts
> > 115200  
> > modem
> > defaultroute
> > noipdefault
> > 
> > And here is my /etc/ppp/peers/provider:
> > # /etc/ppp/peers/provider
> > connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/peers/provider.chat'
> > noauth
> > user myusername
> > remotename provider
> > 
> > And here is my /etc/ppp/peers/provider.chat:
> > # /etc/ppp/peers/provider.chat
> > ABORT BUSY
> > ABORT "NO CARRIER"
> > ABORT "NO DIALTONE"
> > '' ATZ OK
> > '' ATDT010900191799  # Phonenumber of provider
> > TIMEOUT 500
> > connect ''
> > ogin: myloginname
> > ssword: mypassword
> > 
> > On my prompt I enter:
> > :>  pppd call provider
> > 
> > Then the following message comes:
> > Serial connection established
> > Using interface ppp0
> > Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/tty01
> > 
> > and after a time (~ 5 minutes) the following is written to me:
> > LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> > 
> > By an other provider there comes only trash back to me (noreadable lines :(( ).
> > I don't know more :(
> > 
> > Does anybody can help me, please?
> > 
> > Thanks for all your help and hints.
> > 
> > Martin
> > 
> >  
> > On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 06:00:46PM -0600, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> > > On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 09:33:16PM +0100, Martin Gerbing wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I installed NetBSD 1.5.2 and after installing the pppd I tried to connect to
> > > > > my ISP. But every time after my chat script were running the following
> > > > > message appears and I am disconnected:
> > > > >
> > > > > LCP timeout sending Config-Requests
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried the init script:
> > > > >
> > > > > pppd tty01 115200 modem crtscts init "chat '' ATZ OK ATS0=1 OK"
> > > >
> > > > Hum, this doesn't make chat dial out, or did I miss something ?
> > > 
> > > Perhaps that should be "ATDTS=0"? Such would dial the number saved
> > > with "at&z0=nnnnnnn&w0".
> > > 
> > > Even so, the script will start sending LCP requests while the modem is
> > > dialing. Better to change that last OK to wait for "ONNECT" or "ogin:",
> > > to let the terminal server answer first.
> > > 
> > > Frederick