> > > It would be fine if we could adapt it for Wanadoo (France), telefonica > > > (Spain), Alice (Italy) and any other ISP I may have forgotten that > > > provide a way for the user to check that the line is ok (even though his > > > login/passwd may not yet be active). > > > > I think the idea of "mire" is useless. Some "PPP LCP" handshake in the > > log is enough to know that the line is okay. - For this I have always > > the "debug" option in /etc/ppp/options. It's more verbose than debug... > > > It is true that PPP LCP negociation is a good way for PPPoA to diagnose the > line but for PPPoE, if something is wrong, only a PADO timeout will be > displayed wich is clueless.
If something is wrong the "mire" doesn't work either. If I understood it correctly "mire" is a special PPP-username/password. So "mire" does only work if you get a proper LCP handshake including authentification. But in that case you know already that the line is working as your PPP peer is on the other side... - A failing authentification is enough to know the line is not broken. You don't need a special account to get to know that. Robert
