On Thursday 03 February 2005 12:25 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Wednesday 02 February 2005 01:54 am, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > >>Gentle folks, > >> > >>I use KPPP to dial-in my ISP. Whenever I dial-up > >>for the first time (after the system boot up), the > >>link gets broken and the next time the link is > >>fine. Of course, using the proper username and > >>password both tries. Is there any reason why it > >>doesn't accomplish the negotiation with ISP's > >>systems at first? I don't change any params and > >>just dial-up the second time and then the > >>connection is ok. > >> > >>Misko > > > > I had the same problem with wvdial, it would not work on the first > > attempt after a boot. KPPP would never work. I think this also happened > > with SUse 9.1 personnel. I switched dial-up providers and the problem > > went away! > > > > Mike > > It sounds like a timing problem. Possible it is taking your system too > long to get everyting loaded the first time, and the reply to the other > system's loging request times out. Or it could be a problem I had, where > the same dialup modem bank was shared by several ISPs, and the > connection was timing out while trying to validate my login with the > ISP's RAS server. To fix that, I had to increase the timout delay from > the default 60 to 120 in the ppp settings. (It shouldn't take 2 minutes > to make the connection.) I have not done it in kppp, but I know there is > a timeout option in ifup-ppp and wvdial when using those connection > methods, so I would guess kppp has one too. > > Mikkel
I don't have the problem any more. I now enjoy a high speed microwave link! When I had the problem, I also raised my timout--didn't help. Also, I believe any good ISP should be able to connect within 30 sec. Mike
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