Re: ppp!?!?!?!?!

Mike,
    I have the same problem. What I tried were:
    1) make sure the ppp user entry in the /etc/passwd of the iPAQ is
correct. i.e.
        - check that ppp user exist.
        - check that the pppd binary specified in the "shell" field of the
entry really exists.
           (for me, the pppd is actually in /usr/sbin/ and not /sbin as
stated)
        - Make sure /home/ppp directory exists (not sure if this really
affects)
        - amend the "ogin--ogin:" part in the ipaq ppp script to
"ogin:--ogin:".
        - Extend the timeout value in the chat script to say 8 seconds?

Those are my experiences.
Regards
Yee Peng

PS: By the way, can anyone tell me how to reply to a person directly (like
normal mail reply) and yet post the reply to the mailing list? Thanks.

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 17:06:04 -0400
From: mike <icantremember@usa.net>
To: familiar@handhelds.org
Subject: [Familiar] ppp!?!?!?!?!

i am trying, unsuccessfully, to connect my ipaq to my linux box...
i have copied the files directly from the howto, changing only the serial
port on the desktop and the addresses...
here is the output:
[root@iris peers]# pppd call ipaq
Serial connection established.
Using interface ppp0
Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x508b84ce> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x508b84ce> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x508b84ce> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x508b84ce> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x508b84ce> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x508b84ce> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x508b84ce> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x508b84ce> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x508b84ce> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x508b84ce> <pcomp> <accomp>]
LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Connection terminated.

and that's it!...no connection
i can try it over and over again, all with the same result...

any help is greatly appreciated!
mike

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Received on Mon Jun 18 22:47:45 2001