[Gllug] PPP link

[Andrew Richardson]

On Wednesday 23 January 2002 2:26 pm, ~George wrote:
> Hi,
>  I think I remember that Andrew Richardson reported that Mandy 8 PPP is
> busted but madrake 8.1 is OK

Well as my name is mentioned...

My problems were more basic in that with Mand'8.0 I had problems with basic 
kppp modem dial-up.  They all started after I configured local networking as 
well as the dial-up.  Kppp would do a handshake and then block all packets.  
I did fix it once but it broke again later when I changed the box's IP 
number.  The only solution was to run usernetctI -ppp up (I can't remember if 
that was the exact command) as root from the shell.  I was told by someone 
that the solution was to remove the default router entries.
As Mandrake 8.1 tried to set all my dial up via a pci winmodem on my laptop 
and ignored my Xircom PCMCIA card I had to switch distro over to RedHat.
No problems with RedHat dial up :)

I do seem to remember Mandrake 8.1 as working OK on a desktop box with an 
external 3com modem.  however, I thought that the network configuration was a 
bit 'in your face' and I think RedHat does a cleaner job with Network scripts.

Andrew

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