Re: [Sheflug] pppd (was: [OT, slightly] Parallel port network interfaces?)

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> 
> Hmm.  Sounds like somebody is not getting the acks they want.
> Firewall or router problems? 

No firewall setup, routing table is fine...

> Seems unlikely, but....  Flakey lines?

Hmm...it's a brand new null modem cable & serial cable so I doubt that.

> Old laptop, maybe it's got a really sucky serial chip?

good idea, except that I have no problems when I just use minicom to get into 
the machine. If the serial chip was that flakey is should cause problems all 
the time, not just with pppd, I'd have thought.

> 
> Look at the LCP trace for the PPP-level ACKs and stuff, maybe.
> 

Aye ... I'll throw the ppp debug option on and see if I get owt on either 
end. Didn't think of doing this actually :)

Chris...


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