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  From: Chris Adami <cadami@senet.com.au>
  To  : Peter McCarthy <mccarthy@mail.austasia.net>
  Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 16:06:13 +0930

Re: PPP

Peter McCarthy wrote:
> I have trouble with the ppp-on script.  Every time I use it I get through all the chat stuff no problem, but at the stage when ppp is negotiating for the IP address the modem hangs up.  I have had no luck getting pppd to log anything meaningful in /var/log/messages (how is this done I know it is in syslog.conf but how ???) .
> 
> I can successfully establish a link if I go through minicom and fire off
> pppd /dev/modem defaultroute
> No problems, I can ping the world and everything,  just cannot get the damn script to work.
> 

Perhaps you have a similar problem to one I had, being the time between
when the last extry in the ppp-on-dialer script is executed, and when
ppp frames are sent by the ISP.

Previously, password was the last entry, so I added to ppp-on-dialer:
	'IP addr'	''
which is sent a few lines prior to ppp starting.
It delays pppd starting and gives time to pick up the IP address.

Hope this helps.

Chris Adami