Hello,
I have a problem with chat and/or pppd. Run via "pon" on Debian 3.0, pppd
dials ok and then hangs up just after making the connection. If i change
the authentication from PAP to Chat, then it hangs up after logging in.
If i dial up with minicom, login manually and then run
"pppd /dev/modem noauth defaultroute", everything is fine. This suggests
that the hangup is occuring during the handover from chat to pppd.
Swapping the Dynalink 56k modem i was using for my trusty battery powered
14k4 which has the DTR line control the power revealed that pppd was
dropping the DTR line, causing the modem to hang up. So how do i stop it
doing this? Setting the "local" option on pppd (instead of "modem") had
no effect (other than it not noticing the modem had hung up), nor did
playing with the "close_delay" option of setserial. The serial ports on
this machine come from a Dolphin twin serial PCI card (currently on
clearance for $10 at DSE), if anyone is familar with them.
Thanks,
Jon
