[TriLUG] Verizon DSL Connection Problems

[Richard O. Hammer]

Here is my one cent: Something is timing out in 30 seconds, since each
"LCP: timeout" comes 31 seconds after the preceding message.


Steve Thorpe wrote:
> 
> Greetings TriLUGgers,
> 
> I have just gotten DSL from Verizon and all appears to
> be working fine, from M$ Windows.... but I am having
> troubles using pppoe from Linux.  Does anyone else in
> the Durham area have Verizon DSL working?  If so I'd
> really appreciate any advice you can offer.  There must
> be an easy fix, only being a DSL and PPPOE newbie I am
> struggling to find it.
> 
> My symptoms are that adsl-start times out, and the
> following types of log messages keep showing up:
> 
> Nov 17 14:55:04 localhost kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.1
> Nov 17 14:55:04 localhost pppd[3694]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0
> Nov 17 14:55:04 localhost pppd[3694]: Using interface ppp0
> Nov 17 14:55:04 localhost pppd[3694]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/3
> Nov 17 14:55:04 localhost kernel: NET4: Linux IPX 0.46 for NET4.0
> Nov 17 14:55:04 localhost kernel: IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc.
> Nov 17 14:55:04 localhost kernel: IPX Portions Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Conectiva, Inc.
> Nov 17 14:55:04 localhost kernel: NET4: AppleTalk 0.18a for Linux NET4.0
> Nov 17 14:55:35 localhost pppd[3694]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Nov 17 14:55:35 localhost pppd[3694]: Connection terminated.
> Nov 17 14:55:39 localhost pppoe[3696]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
> Nov 17 14:55:39 localhost pppd[3694]: Exit.
> Nov 17 14:55:39 localhost adsl-connect: ADSL connection lost; attempting re-connection.
> Nov 17 14:55:39 localhost pppd[3785]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0
> Nov 17 14:55:39 localhost pppd[3785]: Using interface ppp0
> Nov 17 14:55:39 localhost pppd[3785]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/3
> Nov 17 14:56:10 localhost pppd[3785]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Nov 17 14:56:10 localhost pppd[3785]: Connection terminated.
> Nov 17 14:56:14 localhost pppoe[3786]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
> Nov 17 14:56:14 localhost pppd[3785]: Exit.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Steve
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