> Debian users > > I am having intermitent luck connecting with my ISP. I know that my > chat script is ok, but sometimes after the pppd starts the serial > connection my isp does not give my my dynamic IP address. sometimes > it does and sometimes it doesn't. > > Q> is there a way to get the pppd to ask for the ip address > forcefully? at the moment the connection just waits, and cannot > configure ifconfig. >
Are you sure that the IP is the problem and not a symptom since something earlier in the setup of the ppp connection has broken? One way to find out is to enable debugging, both in the ppp config files and in /etc/syslog.conf and then inspecting the log files again. > Tom > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>