On Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 07:52:25PM -0500, Petra <Kevin J Poorman> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 08:23:36PM -0500, Petra <Kevin J Poorman> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I installed pppconfig, configured my ppp setup for my ISP and got pon to > > > work, VS, my old one line script that was broken by the ppp. Now when i > > > dial my isp I find these messages in my syslog: > > > Apr 13 19:22:30 petra pppd[11431]: local IP address 209.113.53.194 > > > Apr 13 19:22:30 petra pppd[11431]: remote IP address 209.113.55.254 > > > Apr 13 19:23:00 petra pppd[11431]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1 magic=0x7df7] > > > Apr 13 19:23:00 petra pppd[11431]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x1 magic=0x0] > > > Apr 13 19:23:30 petra pppd[11431]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x2 magic=0x7df7] > > > Apr 13 19:23:30 petra pppd[11431]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x2 magic=0x0] > > > > > > Could anyone tell me what this means?... > > > > This means that you have the official IP adress 209.113.53.194. At this > > time, people could try to telnet your machine from anywhere in the internet. > > This adress is a dynamically assigned valid IP adress. So, if you have > > apache web server installed, people could even point netscape at > > http://209.113.53.194, and see your locally installed web pages ;) > > > > You connected to host 209.113.55.254, which is the server that you diald-in. > > > > I knew about the IP stuff what I was wondering was wether or not this > stuff: Apr 13 19:23:00 petra pppd[11431]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1 > magic=0x7df7] was healthy, and by the way it INVAIDS my syslog, but > flooding it, I couldn't see how it could be heathly... so I thought I > would ask about how to "fix" it, meaning how to get pppd to stop flooding > my syslog, with information I can't make heads or tails of.... Guess I > shouldn't e-mail past midnight, I lose mental corodonation, and prowess. > > > The next four lines just give information about transferred packages. >
ok > What do you mean by transferd packages? This are logs about ip packets send. They tell you that pppd is still up and running ;) You can switch it off by removing the debug option. Where this is st depends on your version of pppd. In newer version the file is /etc/ppp/peers/provider or the appropriate file in the same directory. In older version you can try "grep option /etc/ppp/*" to check what files have this option set. Sorry for this strange reply, I´m writing over a telnet from windows in vi :-/ > > > > > > How to fix it?... also is there a > > > > Nothing wrong here. I think you can remove "debug" from your ppp config > > file. I don't know how much less verbose ppp would get then... > > Ah, so thats what it is... Debug information, in what config file would I > find the debug line in order to remove it? > > > > > > way to get ppp to tell me how fast it has conected to my ISP at?... > > > > Sorry, don't remember. Probably I never knew ;) > > Well another kind Debian Developer (Thanks John) said this: > > Add a REPORT string to /etc/chatscripts/provider, like this: > > REPORT CONNECT > > And tell chat where to put the report string by giving it the '-r' option > in /etc/ppp/peers/provider, like this: > > connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -r /etc/ppp/report -f > /etc/chatscripts/provider" > Now just read /etc/ppp/report to see everything that the modem reported > when it connected. Thank you for this useful information! > > > - -K > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: 2.6.3a > Charset: noconv > > iQB1AwUBNTQEzxsA5GylAiwdAQHUXQL+LWopAFjNomJ/noAAXZ7TZSaRR0WSmN4w > EyKBD7K4PlqjNc+pQAlgc5UosApad1RkbDRhEAsTCf3BPn+IG9dt0H8taDZhwuKh > 1k7NcuNxd621ktu4ZaJv/D8ePyTaBnHr > =IBIS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]