Mike Adolf wrote:
On Thursday 03 February 2005 12:25 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Mike Adolf wrote:
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 01:54 am, Miroslav Skoric wrote:
Gentle folks,
I use KPPP to dial-in my ISP. Whenever I dial-up
for the first time (after the system boot up), the
link gets broken and the next time the link is
fine. Of course, using the proper username and
password both tries. Is there any reason why it
doesn't accomplish the negotiation with ISP's
systems at first? I don't change any params and
just dial-up the second time and then the
connection is ok.
Misko
I had the same problem with wvdial, it would not work on the first
attempt after a boot. KPPP would never work. I think this also happened
with SUse 9.1 personnel. I switched dial-up providers and the problem
went away!
Mike
It sounds like a timing problem. Possible it is taking your system too
long to get everyting loaded the first time, and the reply to the other
system's loging request times out. Or it could be a problem I had, where
the same dialup modem bank was shared by several ISPs, and the
connection was timing out while trying to validate my login with the
ISP's RAS server. To fix that, I had to increase the timout delay from
the default 60 to 120 in the ppp settings. (It shouldn't take 2 minutes
to make the connection.) I have not done it in kppp, but I know there is
a timeout option in ifup-ppp and wvdial when using those connection
methods, so I would guess kppp has one too.
Mikkel
I don't have the problem any more. I now enjoy a high speed microwave link!
When I had the problem, I also raised my timout--didn't help. Also, I
believe any good ISP should be able to connect within 30 sec.
Mike
The opteritive word here is "should". Where you run into problems is
when your ISP is a reseller, and you are using a dialup access that is
shared by many resellers. When you connet, they first have to seperate
your ISP off the login name. Then they have to look up the RAS server
for that ISP, do a DNS lookup, connect to it, and validate your username
and password. The DNS lookup and connection sometimes take a while,
especialy the handshaking for an encripted connection. Once the IP
address in in the local DNS cache, it goes much faster. But when you
happen to be the ISP's only user on that node, and you don't connect
often, then it can be a problem. It was national dialup from a "local"
company, so you had no problems when you were in the "local" area, but
it could be a problem when traveling. But it was cheap access, and there
were dialup numbers all over the place. Great for a backup connection,
or when you are traveling.
Mikkel
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