>> "RH" == Richard E Hawkins Esq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
RH> I almost have this laptop connected by ppp to the debian machine on my RH> desk, but not quite. [...] RH> It now has a serial connection, and the host machine knows that RH> it's logged in [i checked :) ] RH> Aug 11 15:26:39 hawkins pppd[775]: Using interface ppp0 RH> Aug 11 15:26:39 hawkins pppd[775]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1 RH> Aug 11 15:26:39 hawkins pppd[775]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magi RH> c 0xffff5557> <pcomp> <accomp>] RH> Aug 11 15:27:06 hawkins last message repeated 9 times RH> Aug 11 15:27:09 hawkins pppd[775]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests RH> Aug 11 15:27:09 hawkins pppd[775]: Connection terminated. RH> Aug 11 15:27:09 hawkins pppd[775]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean: RH> Aug 11 15:27:09 hawkins pppd[775]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0 RH> Aug 11 15:27:10 hawkins pppd[775]: Exit. RH> huh? This is an 8 bit clean connection. so how to i test it myself to RH> have something to show the telecommunications folks? Or could my modem RH> be sending 7 bits? It's a compaq pcmia modem in an ibm thinkpad. This message means something else. You have logged into a terminal. Now chat exits and pppd starts. Then it send LCP requests to establish a ppp connection. Since the is no pppd running on the other side of the link, your side doesn't get an answer. You have to start pppd before exiting the chatscript. Most likely you will have to specify some parameter. As I have never done such a thing (only dial ins right into a waiting pppd, no terminal login), I can only point you towards /usr/doc/ppp and man pppd. But you get the picture about the reason of this error I hope. Maybe you would have to choose some other item from the menu? What does the helpdesk about the procedure of dial in? They most likely only know windows, but the menuchoices are the same regardless of the OS. Good luck, Martin -- from a 1996 Microshit ad campaign: "The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft!" See! They do get some things right!