Clifford,
Many thanks for your clear explanation. The log file now seems easier to
debug. Thanks for your recommendation, too.
Vu
Clifford Kite wrote:
>
> On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Vu Pham wrote:
>
> |I copy here two parts : for the first part, I think there is some
> |protocol from the Isp that pppd doesn't understand, and it just simply
> |reject. But for the second part, pppd did Ack it, but did not give any
> |of its meaning.
> |
> |....
> |Feb 6 14:58:30 bighope pppd[1764]: rcvd [CCP ConfReq id=0x3 < 12 06 00
> |00 00 01>]
> |Feb 6 14:58:30 bighope pppd[1764]: sent [CCP ConfRej id=0x3 < 12 06 00
> |00 00 01>]
>
> This is Microsoft Point to Point Compression (MS-PPC) which is patented
> and requires a license to use. It can't be used without that license
> and so can't be used under Linux except through a module that is build
> and distributed under that license.
>
> This is the only CCP that I know about that can cause the PPP link
> negotiations to fail, and then only when the last octet is not 01.
> If that octet is not 01 then a variety of Microsoft Point to Point
> Encryption (MPPE) is *required* (the RFC says "should" but...) for
> the MS-PPC data and the link will fail.
>
> |Feb 6 14:58:30 bighope pppd[1764]: rcvd [CCP TermReq id=0x5 00 00 6d d0
> |00 3c cd 74 00 00 02 dc]
> |Feb 6 14:58:30 bighope pppd[1764]: sent [CCP TermAck id=0x5]
>
> The rejected Compression Control Protocol (CCP) option is called an
> Organization Unique Identifier (OUI). I don't know enough about it
> to say anything resonable except that it is little used and shouldn't
> cause a problem.
>
> You should find it in RFC 1962 and can post on comp.protocols.ppp to get
> a good answer. James Carlson is a very regular poster there; he's the
> author of the book "PPP Design and Debugging", recommended if you want
> to gain more that superficial insight in to the workings of PPP.
>
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