* Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> [2004-06-26 10:25]:
Jun 24 20:50:03 localhost pppd[2645]: pppd 2.4.1 started by trevor, uid 1001 Jun 24 20:50:03 localhost pppd[2645]: using channel 38 Jun 24 20:50:03 localhost pppd[2645]: Using interface ppp0 Jun 24 20:50:03 localhost pppd[2645]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ham
PPP was launched and is getting ready to talk.
Jun 24 20:50:03 localhost pppd[2645]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xe86fb3e4> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jun 24 20:50:06 localhost pppd[2645]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xe86fb3e4> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jun 24 20:50:33 localhost pppd[2645]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
But the remote end is not replying.
Jun 24 20:50:33 localhost pppd[2645]: Connection terminated.
So the connection gets closed.
Jun 24 20:50:33 localhost pppd[2645]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean: Jun 24 20:50:33 localhost pppd[2645]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
This is apparently the culprit: seems like the serial line (or the modem?) is not correctly configured (line speed, data bits, stop bits, and whatever else there was). I can't help any more precisely, since it's been nearly a decade since I put my modem to rest, but maybe that helps. Have you tried googling these errors? A query like "pppd lcp timeout link 8-bit clean" or something should yield a result or two that may get you somewhere. Regards, -- Aristotle "If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't take life seriously enough."