Subject: Re: PPP/Serial Problem on NetBSD 1.5 w/KAME
To: None <PilkingtonCJ@aol.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/12/2001 21:30:07
On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 10:51:29PM -0500, PilkingtonCJ@aol.com wrote:
> I just installed the kame-20010305-netbsd15-snap CD on a clean PC (not an 
> upgrade.)
> 
> Installation went fine. I configured ppp by hand.  My modem is on /dev/tty00.
> 
> Modem dials out without a problem, ppp sends one LCP packet then the console 
> (standard PC console) freezes completely, cannot even switch to another 
> virtual console.
> 
> Server eventaully disconnects, and console un-freezes.  If I look in the 
> /var/log/debug (syslogd *.debug), I see a /netbsd ppp0: bad fcs near the 
> first LCP packet.  Also, I see that ppp is receiving LCP packets and also is 
> logging sent LCP packets, even though they are not being sent. It is obvious 
> it is not sending them, however, since the modem transmit light doesn't pulse 
> at all except for the first packet.
> 
> Problem is duplicatable every time, both on tty00 and dty00 (external modem) 
> as well as tty01 and dty01 (internal modem.)
> 
> I'm using the defaults in /dev/ttys.
> 
> Can anyone give me any direction, as I'm totally stuck.

Looks like a kame-specific issue; did you get in touch with kame
peoples ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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