RE: [SLUG] ADSL Problem

[Marty Richards <marty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Martin,

Is PPP compiled into your kernel or is it a module? Try compiling with ppp
as a module if you haven't already...

PADT is a common result of bad username/password, or occasionally on new
connections when Tel$tra hooks you up to the wrong ADSL provider... You
don't get PADT unless you're connected to a DSLAM, so PADT is normally a
good sign on new connections.

Merry Xmas ;)

Cheers,
Marty

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Richards [mailto:writeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 8:44 AM
> To: SLUG
> Subject: [SLUG] ADSL Problem
> 
> 
> Merry Xmas all...
> 
> I'm stuck trying to get ADSL working under Debian 3.0. pppoe 
> conf runs and
> seems very happy. It tells me it's found an access 
> concentrator, and all is
> well, but when it goes to start the link I get the error message:
> 
>  ppp0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> 
> This seems bizzarre... how can it find an access concentrator 
> if it can't
> find the device???
> 
> I'm pretty stumped... /var/log/messages says:
> 
>  Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Serial connection established.
>  Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Using interface ppp0
>  Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
>  Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppd[189]: Modem hangup
>  Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppd[189]: Connection terminated.
> 
> over and over. /var/log/daemon says:
> 
>  Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppoe[286]: PADS: Service-Name: ''
>  Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppoe[286]: PPP session is 3133
>  Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppoe[286]: Session terminated -- 
> received PADT from
> peer
> 
> over and over, until the point when I hit ctrl-c, when it says
> 
>  Dec 24 08:14:31 denial modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0
> 
> Anyone have any ideas what might be wrong or how I might 
> approach fixing it?
> 
> I like Debian, but it seems like the initial installation and 
> setup process,
> always its weakest point, has gotten even worse? It cluttered 
> my system with
> stuff I never asked for (ISDN, etc), and so far lilo, X and 
> ADSL have all
> failed to work. I'd switch distros if I could give up on apt.
> 
> cheers and thanks in advance,
> 
> Martin
> 
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