On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> Hello all. I just installed mandrake 7.1 on a pIII 733 with 128 MB ram.
>
> All went well, and I was able to start using the box right away, with one
> notable exception. I cannot get KPPP to connect to my isp at all. I use an
> external USR sportster 56K on com1. The setup for the account seems normal,
> I try to connect, and it dials, handshakes, tries to authenticate and I get
> an error that the connection terminated unexpectedly.
>
> here is the contents of the log file:
> Sep 10 23:22:09 compound pppd[843]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
> Sep 10 23:22:09 compound pppd[843]: Using interface ppp0
> Sep 10 23:22:09 compound pppd[843]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
> Sep 10 23:22:13 compound pppd[843]: Unsupported protocol 'Novell IPX Control
> Protocol' (0x802b) received
> Sep 10 23:22:13 compound pppd[843]: BSD-Compress (15/12) compression enabled
> Sep 10 23:22:13 compound pppd[843]: Peer is not authorized to use remote
> address 216.54.152.149
>
> Sep 10 23:22:13 compound pppd[843]: Connection terminated.
> Sep 10 23:22:13 compound pppd[843]: Connect time 0.1 minutes.
> Sep 10 23:22:13 compound pppd[843]: Sent 429 bytes, received 373 bytes.
> Sep 10 23:22:13 compound pppd[843]: Exit.
>
> The IPX Control error has me just plain confused, and the not authorized to
> use remote address thing bugs me as well. Any thoughts? I think the remote
> address thing may be the crux of the issue, but i would appreciate any
> feedback and/or suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Bunyan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
try to give your modem more time before it times out. i think the default
is 30 seconds. change it to 120 seconds. this might work.
