Liz,
FYI,
I use kppp; when 'pppd died unexpectedly' I set the following :
modem time out = 360
modem busy wait = 1
modem pre-init delay = 1
modem post-init delay = 3
guard time = 255
pppd time out = 360
YMMV, HTH
At 22-02-2001 +0000, you wrote:
>hi
>everytime i try to get online i get "the pppd daemon died unexpectedly" with
>the blow log file
>
>Feb 21 22:22:18 localhost pppd[943]: By default the remote system is
>required to authenticate itself
>Feb 21 22:22:18 localhost pppd[943]: (because this system has a default
>route to the internet)
>Feb 21 22:22:18 localhost pppd[943]: but I couldn't find any suitable secret
>(password) for it to use to do so.
>Feb 21 22:22:18 localhost pppd[943]: (None of the available passwords would
>let it use an IP address.)
>
>
>if i then try to dial up as root i get the same problem with a different
>debug log
>
>Feb 22 14:19:22 localhost pppd[3854]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
>Feb 22 14:19:22 localhost pppd[3854]: Using interface ppp0
>Feb 22 14:19:22 localhost pppd[3854]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
>Feb 22 14:19:25 localhost pppd[3854]: Peer is not authorized to use remote
>address 212.161.112.68
>Feb 22 14:19:26 localhost pppd[3854]: Connection terminated.
>Feb 22 14:19:26 localhost pppd[3854]: Connect time 0.1 minutes.
>Feb 22 14:19:26 localhost pppd[3854]: Sent 311 bytes, received 295 bytes.
>Feb 22 14:19:26 localhost pppd[3854]: Exit.
>
>in both cases it dials up and handshakes ok but fails at the last bit,
>
>i dont know if this is important or not but i have been trying to get a lan
>setup between this and my own pc
>using the network configuration tool in drakconf....
>thankz
>David
