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From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com>
To: jwb@fore.com
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Subject: pppd and Bay
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Joe Beiter writes:
 > My ISP upgraded to a new software level on their Bay network servers (rev
 > unknown). Since this upgrade I can no longer be assigned (or specify) my
 > static IP address. A Customer Service drone can log in as me using windows
 > and get my static IP address however. Customers using linux and windows seem
 > to be working just fine.. (doesn't linux use the same pppd package?)

A couple of suggestions: turn off TCP/IP extensions in /etc/sysconfig.
In your ppp.conf file, "set debug phase chat lcp" and look at the
messages in the log file.  The extra debugging info may help narrow what
the problem is.

 > I *can* take a dynamically assigned IP address and networking works fine
 > otherwise. If I try to strictly specify my IP address, LCP just argues back
 > and forth about it until the remote side hangs up on me. One of the techs
 > at the ISP said the Bay router seemed to not like something in the initial
 > PPP negotiation. 

Weird.  "set debug lcp" should help with this; you'll be able to follow
the LCP "conversation" between your machine and the Bay router.

-- 
          "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                       Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr                       softweyr@xmission.com