R. Chris Ross wrote: > > I have a Debisn 1.2 system which I had been using on the net at > one time. For various reasons I had to stop using it and now I am > trying to get it going again however there is a problem with PPP. In > the ppp.log file the dymamic ip addresses are acknolaged and a lock > established then there is a line that says that it is attempting to > add an ethernet address to the arp table. What ethernet address? his > or mine? If mine I don't have one and if his what should it care > since it is running via modem? After this line the link is dropped.
This means that somewhere (most likely in the /etc/ppp/options file) pppd is getting the "proxyarp" option. Naturally proxyarp is not useful (and may be causing ppp to fail) if you don't have a network card. > > At other places amd at the end there are ppp.log entries that > say the line is not 8 bit clear and that bit 7 is 0. What does this > mean? At some point my ISP's system was taken out of service for > maintainance but it may have been at that point that I started > recieving this second error. > This often happens when you don't get past the "chat" with the other modem to log in. When you try to connect to a host which prints out a user-readable "login: " and banner screen, naturally all the data which is printed out will have bit 7 = 0 since there aren't any standard printable characters with an ascii code above 127. > Any help would be greatly appriciated. > > Chris I don't know if the above will completely solve your problem. It generally helps those of us trying to help when you include the *actual* error/log messages which occur. Remember, when asking a question of the list keep in mind detail, clarity, and brevity. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]