Re: [iPAQ] ppp

"Muller, Edward" wrote:

> b)There is no ftp or telnet server on the ipaq...Use 'rsh' and 'rcp' to reach the ipaq via ppp.

Thanks. Several people mentioned this. Question: how could I have figured this out on my own?

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> c)I'm not sure what you were doing..I'd have to see the config...But at first guess it sounds like both sides were trying to issue LCP requests...
>

Yes, but I think that's normal. I have an example of two i386's talking to each other using this mechanism, and one noticeable difference is that the magic numbers are different.

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> You can get more detailed information by adding a line that says 'debug' to the hosts /etc/ppp/peers/ipaq file...
>

'debug' is being passed in to pppd as an option, and that must be why I'm getting as much info as I am, which answers one of my questions ;).

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gordon McNutt [mailto:gmcnutt@ridgerun.com]
> > Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 3:53 PM
> > To: ipaq@handhelds.org
> > Subject: [iPAQ] ppp
> >
> >
> > sent [LCP ConfReq id=0xa <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e076f5c> <pcomp>
> > <accomp>]
> > rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0xa <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e076f5c> <pcomp>
> > <accomp>]
> > sent [LCP ConfNak id=0xa <magic 0x8a610267>]
> > rcvd [LCP ConfNak id=0xa <magic 0x8a610267>]
> > Serial line is looped back.
> > sent [LCP TermReq id=0xb "Loopback detected"]
> > rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0xb "Loopback detected"]
> > sent [LCP TermAck id=0xb]
> > rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0xb]
> >
> > I think that because the iPaq was sending requests with the same exact
> > magic numbers as the i386, the i386 thinks it's a loopback. Is this
> > because the iPaq was not setup with it's own IP, so somehow
> > the data was
> > going through a loopback mechanism on the iPaq? Obviously I'm
> > pretty new
> > to all this and am trying to learn as much as I can.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --Gordon
> >
Received on Mon Sep 18 16:52:39 2000