Benjamin Folk Jr. on Mon, 19 Jul 1999 19:17:18 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] please help


What's up Buddy?  It's me alright.  I appreciate the help and will try it when I
reinstall RedHat 6.0.  I will try to give you a call from work tomorrow.

Ben

Graham, John wrote:

> Is this the same Ben Folk Jr from CHUBB, that hooked a brother up with the
> Coretech gig and then just disappeared.  Small world huh?  I see you're
> still in the linux game, what else have you been up to? I left Coretech in
> March for what I thought to be greener pastuers.  Give me a call when you
> get some time 215-582-7338.
>
> I used to use kppp but can't remember the particulars, I found it easier to
> just use linuxconf and initiate my sessions with /sbin/ifup ppp0 and end
> them with /sbin/ifdown ppp0.  Also, I believe if you do a 'dmesg | more' you
> can see where your connection is dropping, I think bell uses PAP for
> authentication.  Hope this helps and I apoligize if it's too basic to be of
> use.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Folk Jr.
> To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> Sent: 7/18/99 12:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Plug] please help
>
> Tracy,
>
> I got the following messages while viewing the log:
>
> Connect:  ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
> Hangup {SIGHUP}
> Modem hangup
> Conection Terminated.
> Connect time 0.5 minutes.
> Exit.
>
> I wish I could see exactly what is happening exactly following when my
> id and
> passwor is being sent.
>
> Tracy Nelson wrote:
>
> > try doing a 'tail -f /var/log/messages' just before you try to
> connect.
> > This will show you what messages are being written by pppd when it
> starts.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Benjamin Folk Jr. <benjr@bellatlantic.net>
> > To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
> > Date: Saturday, July 17, 1999 15:21
> > Subject: [Plug] please help
> >
> > >I used kppp and added what I thought was the proper information, but
> after
> > >dialing, I get the message:  The pppd daemon died unexpectedly!
> There is a
> > >"details" button, but it does not provide any information after
> showing the
> > >modem connect.
> >
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