[ sarge, kernel 2.4.26-1-686 ] Well, I finally got my PPP link to "work" from home to office.
Unfortunately, however, after awhile things come to a halt when trying to transfer (e.g., with 'scp', or 'firefox') a large number of bytes (e.g., multiple 50k files in a row or installing a new 'firefox' theme). I must reestablish the PPP connection to (temporarily) regain network access. Here's what I see in "syslog": ... ... ... Jul 25 13:13:52 localhost pppd[4004]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started (pid 4019) Jul 25 13:13:52 localhost pppd[4004]: rcvd [CCP ConfReq id=0x5 <bsd v1 12>] Jul 25 13:13:52 localhost pppd[4004]: \ sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x3 <deflate 15> <deflate(old#) 15> <bsd v1 15>] Jul 25 13:13:52 localhost pppd[4004]: sent [CCP ConfAck id=0x5 <bsd v1 12>] Jul 25 13:13:52 localhost pppd[4004]: \ rcvd [CCP ConfRej id=0x3 <deflate 15> <deflate(old#) 15>] Jul 25 13:13:52 localhost pppd[4004]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x4 <bsd v1 15>] Jul 25 13:13:52 localhost pppd[4004]: rcvd [CCP ConfAck id=0x4 <bsd v1 15>] Jul 25 13:13:52 localhost pppd[4004]: BSD-Compress (15/12) compression enabled Jul 25 13:13:52 localhost pppd[4004]: \ Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 4019), status = 0x0 Jul 25 13:14:35 localhost pppd[4004]: rcvd [CCP ResetReq id=0x6] Jul 25 13:14:35 localhost pppd[4004]: sent [CCP ResetAck id=0x6] Jul 25 13:16:42 localhost pppd[4004]: \ rcvd [proto=0x3a] 10 b4 28 c2 03 0a 22 c8 60 c8 3d 51 0e 52 db 58 f9\ 48 ac 7b 3e 17 02 86 87 24 61 cb 40 f3 66 84 ... * Jul 25 13:16:42 localhost pppd[4004]: Unsupported protocol 0x3a received Jul 25 13:16:42 localhost pppd[4004]: \ sent [LCP ProtRej id=0x2 00 3a 10 b4 28 c2 03 0a 22 c8 60 c8 3d 51 0e \ 52 db 58 f9 48 ac 7b 3e 17 02 86 87 24 61 cb 40 f3 ...] Jul 25 13:16:55 localhost pppd[4004]: \ rcvd [Compressed data] 01 1c 0d 9a 02 50 07 f8 ... Jul 25 13:16:55 localhost pppd[4004]: \ * Lost compression sync: disabling compression Jul 25 13:16:55 localhost pppd[4004]: \ sent [CCP TermReq id=0x5"Lost compression sync"] * Jul 25 13:16:55 localhost kernel: PPP: VJ decompression error Jul 25 13:16:56 localhost last message repeated 3 times * Jul 25 13:16:57 localhost pppd[4004]: rcvd [CCP TermAck id=0x5] ... ... ... BTW, this is working fine in my previous RH9 system (on 2nd harddrive). I sure hope someone can help with *this* problem! Thanks, -- Prof Kenneth H Jacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Science Dept www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj Appalachian State Univ Boone, NC 28608 USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]