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Old 02-20-2006, 04:56 AM   #1
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Dial Up connection stoped working?


Hi:
I still have a dialup connection to two different ISPs, Of late since yesterday, I get connection to one ISP, I get a DNS issued, but no data transfer happens, and I get timedout after two minutes. Here is the PPP-logfile from KPPP.

Feb 20 05:45:00 Mantra pppd[5997]: pppd 2.4.3 started by AlanJ, uid 1000
Feb 20 05:45:00 Mantra pppd[5997]: Using interface ppp0
Feb 20 05:45:00 Mantra pppd[5997]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Feb 20 05:45:02 Mantra pppd[5997]: PAP authentication succeeded
Feb 20 05:45:02 Mantra pppd[5997]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP
Feb 20 05:45:02 Mantra pppd[5997]: local IP address 61.1.145.182
Feb 20 05:45:02 Mantra pppd[5997]: remote IP address 61.1.128.82
Feb 20 05:45:02 Mantra pppd[5997]: primary DNS address 61.1.128.65
Feb 20 05:45:02 Mantra pppd[5997]: secondary DNS address 61.1.128.5
Feb 20 05:47:31 Mantra pppd[5997]: No response to 4 echo-requests
Feb 20 05:47:31 Mantra pppd[5997]: Serial link appears to be disconnected.
Feb 20 05:47:31 Mantra pppd[5997]: Connect time 2.5 minutes.
Feb 20 05:47:31 Mantra pppd[5997]: Sent 13716 bytes, received 57 bytes.
Feb 20 05:47:37 Mantra pppd[5997]: Connection terminated.
Feb 20 05:47:37 Mantra pppd[5997]: Modem hangup
Feb 20 05:47:37 Mantra pppd[5997]: Exit.


Here is what is in my /etc/ppp/options file

# /etc/ppp/options
#
# Originally created by Jim Knoble <jmknoble@mercury.interpath.net>
# Modified for Debian by alvar Bray <alvar@meiko.co.uk>
# Modified for PPP Server setup by Christoph Lameter <clameter@debian.org>
#
# To quickly see what options are active in this file, use this command:
# egrep -v '#|^ *$' /etc/ppp/options

# Specify which DNS Servers the incoming Win95 or WinNT Connection should use
# Two Servers can be remotely configured
# ms-dns 192.168.1.1
# ms-dns 192.168.1.2

# Specify which WINS Servers the incoming connection Win95 or WinNT should use
# ms-wins 192.168.1.50
# ms-wins 192.168.1.51

# Run the executable or shell command specified after pppd has
# terminated the link. This script could, for example, issue commands
# to the modem to cause it to hang up if hardware modem control signals
# were not available.
#disconnect "chat -- \d+++\d\c OK ath0 OK"

# async character map -- 32-bit hex; each bit is a character
# that needs to be escaped for pppd to receive it. 0x00000001
# represents '\x01', and 0x80000000 represents '\x1f'.
asyncmap 0

# Require the peer to authenticate itself before allowing network
# packets to be sent or received.
# Please do not disable this setting. It is expected to be standard in
# future releases of pppd. Use the call option (see manpage) to disable
# authentication for specific peers.
noauth

# Use hardware flow control (i.e. RTS/CTS) to control the flow of data
# on the serial port.
crtscts

# Use software flow control (i.e. XON/XOFF) to control the flow of data
# on the serial port.
#xonxoff

# Specifies that certain characters should be escaped on transmission
# (regardless of whether the peer requests them to be escaped with its
# async control character map). The characters to be escaped are
# specified as a list of hex numbers separated by commas. Note that
# almost any character can be specified for the escape option, unlike
# the asyncmap option which only allows control characters to be
# specified. The characters which may not be escaped are those with hex
# values 0x20 - 0x3f or 0x5e.
#escape 11,13,ff

# Don't use the modem control lines.
#local

# Specifies that pppd should use a UUCP-style lock on the serial device
# to ensure exclusive access to the device.
#lock

# Don't show the passwords when logging the contents of PAP packets.
# This is the default.
hide-password

# When logging the contents of PAP packets, this option causes pppd to
# show the password string in the log message.
#show-password

# Use the modem control lines. On Ultrix, this option implies hardware
# flow control, as for the crtscts option. (This option is not fully
# implemented.)
modem

# Set the MRU [Maximum Receive Unit] value to <n> for negotiation. pppd
# will ask the peer to send packets of no more than <n> bytes. The
# minimum MRU value is 128. The default MRU value is 1500. A value of
# 296 is recommended for slow links (40 bytes for TCP/IP header + 256
# bytes of data).
#mru 542

# Set the interface netmask to <n>, a 32 bit netmask in "decimal dot"
# notation (e.g. 255.255.255.0).
#netmask 255.255.255.0

# Disables the default behaviour when no local IP address is specified,
# which is to determine (if possible) the local IP address from the
# hostname. With this option, the peer will have to supply the local IP
# address during IPCP negotiation (unless it specified explicitly on the
# command line or in an options file).
noipdefault

# Enables the "passive" option in the LCP. With this option, pppd will
# attempt to initiate a connection; if no reply is received from the
# peer, pppd will then just wait passively for a valid LCP packet from
# the peer (instead of exiting, as it does without this option).
passive

# With this option, pppd will not transmit LCP packets to initiate a
# connection until a valid LCP packet is received from the peer (as for
# the "passive" option with old versions of pppd).
#silent

# Don't request or allow negotiation of any options for LCP and IPCP
# (use default values).
#-all

# Disable Address/Control compression negotiation (use default, i.e.
# address/control field disabled).
#-ac

# Disable asyncmap negotiation (use the default asyncmap, i.e. escape
# all control characters).
#-am

# Don't fork to become a background process (otherwise pppd will do so
# if a serial device is specified).
#-detach

# Disable IP address negotiation (with this option, the remote IP
# address must be specified with an option on the command line or in
# an options file).
#-ip

# Disable IPCP negotiation and IP communication. This option should
# only be required if the peer is buggy and gets confused by requests
# from pppd for IPCP negotiation.
#noip

# Disable magic number negotiation. With this option, pppd cannot
# detect a looped-back line.
#-mn

# Disable MRU [Maximum Receive Unit] negotiation (use default, i.e.
# 1500).
#-mru

# Disable protocol field compression negotiation (use default, i.e.
# protocol field compression disabled).
#-pc

# Require the peer to authenticate itself using PAP.
#+pap

# Don't agree to authenticate using PAP.
#-pap

# Require the peer to authenticate itself using CHAP [Cryptographic
# Handshake Authentication Protocol] authentication.
#+chap

# Don't agree to authenticate using CHAP.
#-chap

# Disable negotiation of Van Jacobson style IP header compression (use
# default, i.e. no compression).
#-vj

# Increase debugging level (same as -d). If this option is given, pppd
# will log the contents of all control packets sent or received in a
# readable form. The packets are logged through syslog with facility
# daemon and level debug. This information can be directed to a file by
# setting up /etc/syslog.conf appropriately (see syslog.conf(5)). (If
# pppd is compiled with extra debugging enabled, it will log messages
# using facility local2 instead of daemon).
#debug

# Append the domain name <d> to the local host name for authentication
# purposes. For example, if gethostname() returns the name porsche,
# but the fully qualified domain name is porsche.Quotron.COM, you would
# use the domain option to set the domain name to Quotron.COM.
#domain <d>

# Enable debugging code in the kernel-level PPP driver. The argument n
# is a number which is the sum of the following values: 1 to enable
# general debug messages, 2 to request that the contents of received
# packets be printed, and 4 to request that the contents of transmitted
# packets be printed.
#kdebug n

# Set the MTU [Maximum Transmit Unit] value to <n>. Unless the peer
# requests a smaller value via MRU negotiation, pppd will request that
# the kernel networking code send data packets of no more than n bytes
# through the PPP network interface.
#mtu <n>

# Set the name of the local system for authentication purposes to <n>.
# This is a privileged option. With this option, pppd will use lines in the
# secrets files which have <n> as the second field when looking for a
# secret to use in authenticating the peer. In addition, unless overridden
# with the user option, <n> will be used as the name to send to the peer
# when authenticating the local system to the peer. (Note that pppd does
# not append the domain name to <n>.)
#name <n>

# Enforce the use of the hostname as the name of the local system for
# authentication purposes (overrides the name option).
#usehostname

# Set the assumed name of the remote system for authentication purposes
# to <n>.
#remotename <n>

# Add an entry to this system's ARP [Address Resolution Protocol]
# table with the IP address of the peer and the Ethernet address of this
# system.
proxyarp

# Use the system password database for authenticating the peer using
# PAP. Note: mgetty already provides this option. If this is specified
# then dialin from users using a script under Linux to fire up ppp wont work.
# login

# If this option is given, pppd will send an LCP echo-request frame to the
# peer every n seconds. Normally the peer should respond to the echo-request
# by sending an echo-reply. This option can be used with the
# lcp-echo-failure option to detect that the peer is no longer connected.
lcp-echo-interval 30

# If this option is given, pppd will presume the peer to be dead if n
# LCP echo-requests are sent without receiving a valid LCP echo-reply.
# If this happens, pppd will terminate the connection. Use of this
# option requires a non-zero value for the lcp-echo-interval parameter.
# This option can be used to enable pppd to terminate after the physical
# connection has been broken (e.g., the modem has hung up) in
# situations where no hardware modem control lines are available.
lcp-echo-failure 4

# Set the LCP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to <n> seconds
# (default 3).
#lcp-restart <n>

# Set the maximum number of LCP terminate-request transmissions to <n>
# (default 3).
#lcp-max-terminate <n>

# Set the maximum number of LCP configure-request transmissions to <n>
# (default 10).
#lcp-max-configure <n>

# Set the maximum number of LCP configure-NAKs returned before starting
# to send configure-Rejects instead to <n> (default 10).
#lcp-max-failure <n>

# Set the IPCP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to <n>
# seconds (default 3).
#ipcp-restart <n>

# Set the maximum number of IPCP terminate-request transmissions to <n>
# (default 3).
#ipcp-max-terminate <n>

# Set the maximum number of IPCP configure-request transmissions to <n>
# (default 10).
#ipcp-max-configure <n>

# Set the maximum number of IPCP configure-NAKs returned before starting
# to send configure-Rejects instead to <n> (default 10).
#ipcp-max-failure <n>

# Set the PAP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to <n> seconds
# (default 3).
#pap-restart <n>

# Set the maximum number of PAP authenticate-request transmissions to
# <n> (default 10).
#pap-max-authreq <n>

# Set the maximum time that pppd will wait for the peer to authenticate
# itself with PAP to <n> seconds (0 means no limit).
#pap-timeout <n>

# Set the CHAP restart interval (retransmission timeout for
# challenges) to <n> seconds (default 3).
#chap-restart <n>

# Set the maximum number of CHAP challenge transmissions to <n>
# (default 10).
#chap-max-challenge

# If this option is given, pppd will rechallenge the peer every <n>
# seconds.
#chap-interval <n>

# With this option, pppd will accept the peer's idea of our local IP
# address, even if the local IP address was specified in an option.
#ipcp-accept-local

# With this option, pppd will accept the peer's idea of its (remote) IP
# address, even if the remote IP address was specified in an option.
#ipcp-accept-remote

# Disable the IPXCP and IPX protocols.
# To let pppd pass IPX packets comment this out --- you'll probably also
# want to install ipxripd, and have the Internal IPX Network option enabled
# in your kernel. /usr/doc/HOWTO/IPX-HOWTO.gz contains more info.
noipx

# Exit once a connection has been made and terminated. This is the default,
# unless the `persist' or `demand' option has been specified.
#nopersist

# Do not exit after a connection is terminated; instead try to reopen
# the connection.
#persist

# Terminate after n consecutive failed connection attempts.
# A value of 0 means no limit. The default value is 10.
#maxfail <n>

# Initiate the link only on demand, i.e. when data traffic is present.
# With this option, the remote IP address must be specified by the user on
# the command line or in an options file. Pppd will initially configure
# the interface and enable it for IP traffic without connecting to the peer.
# When traffic is available, pppd will connect to the peer and perform
# negotiation, authentication, etc. When this is completed, pppd will
# commence passing data packets (i.e., IP packets) across the link.
#demand

# Specifies that pppd should disconnect if the link is idle for <n> seconds.
# The link is idle when no data packets (i.e. IP packets) are being sent or
# received. Note: it is not advisable to use this option with the persist
# option without the demand option. If the active-filter option is given,
# data packets which are rejected by the specified activity filter also
# count as the link being idle.
#idle <n>

# Specifies how many seconds to wait before re-initiating the link after
# it terminates. This option only has any effect if the persist or demand
# option is used. The holdoff period is not applied if the link was
# terminated because it was idle.
#holdoff <n>

# Wait for up n milliseconds after the connect script finishes for a valid
# PPP packet from the peer. At the end of this time, or when a valid PPP
# packet is received from the peer, pppd will commence negotiation by
# sending its first LCP packet. The default value is 1000 (1 second).
# This wait period only applies if the connect or pty option is used.
#connect-delay <n>






# ---<End of File>---


Any clues.

Thanks,
AJ
 
Old 02-20-2006, 07:54 AM   #2
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What distro are you using, and have you gone through the setup procedure again to see if you can get it working.
 
Old 02-20-2006, 11:52 AM   #3
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I have Debian distro 3.1 Sarge or so, The ISP was working quite fine, but I get this happening since yesterday, other ISP connections are fine from Linux. I get this LCP_echo_request and LCP_cancellation upon 4 echoes and LCP_echo interval of 30 secs that is after 2 mintues, pppd comes up, but the transfer of bytes is minimal, I just cannot get any webpages. Crazy cannot understand why, I was just working great day before yesterday.
 
Old 02-20-2006, 02:50 PM   #4
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Sounds to me like either a wrong/missing gateway address or firewall settings. For the gateway, run /sbin/route after making the connection and see what address is set as default. Then try pinging those DNS server addresses. If you have a firewall running, try with it first then try with it stopped.

Is the computer part of a network? I've found that if the computer is connected to a network that sets a gateway address, then if you dial-up to an ISP you won't get the new gateway and therefore won't be able to access the 'net.

Hope this helps.
 
Old 02-20-2006, 04:02 PM   #5
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So it was working before, and it stopped working? You didn't change anything in between then? You don't suspect the ISP why?

Honestly, it sounds like bad connection *somewhere* between your modem and the ISP. Without saying definitively that this is the problem, I would suggest trying to pin it down. If it was a bad connection, you would see dropped packets which could cause slow connection speed and if enough of the Link Control Protocol echo packets were dropped, it would disconnect. To test this, try pings to the 'remote IP address', 'primary DNS address' and 'secondary DNS address' and see if there is a lot of packet loss. Since these addresses should be directly at the ISP this will test just the part of the connection between you and the ISP and not anything out on The Internet.

If, since it was working last, you didn't change anything about the firewall settings or add it to a LAN then it's probably not your firewall or LAN connection.
 
Old 02-20-2006, 05:59 PM   #6
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This is my current PPP-logfile, /var/log/messages did state that there were a lot dropped packets like SRC, MAC etc. The amount of bytes recieved is very less, consecutively many times I get NO CARRIER before I make a connection.

Feb 20 18:43:54 Mantra pppd[24383]: pppd 2.4.3 started by AlanJ, uid 1000
Feb 20 18:43:54 Mantra pppd[24383]: Using interface ppp0
Feb 20 18:43:54 Mantra pppd[24383]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Feb 20 18:43:54 Mantra pppd[24383]: PAP authentication succeeded
Feb 20 18:43:55 Mantra pppd[24383]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy
ARP
Feb 20 18:43:55 Mantra pppd[24383]: local IP address 61.1.145.50
Feb 20 18:43:55 Mantra pppd[24383]: remote IP address 61.1.128.81
Feb 20 18:43:55 Mantra pppd[24383]: primary DNS address 61.1.128.65
Feb 20 18:43:55 Mantra pppd[24383]: secondary DNS address 61.1.128.5
Feb 20 18:46:24 Mantra pppd[24383]: No response to 4 echo-requests
Feb 20 18:46:24 Mantra pppd[24383]: Serial link appears to be disconnected.
Feb 20 18:46:24 Mantra pppd[24383]: Connect time 2.5 minutes.
Feb 20 18:46:24 Mantra pppd[24383]: Sent 22824 bytes, received 57 bytes.
Feb 20 18:46:27 Mantra pppd[24383]: Connection terminated.
Feb 20 18:46:27 Mantra pppd[24383]: Exit.

route on another working ISP connection gives me this

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
61.1.128.84 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
default 61.1.128.84 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0


I just hope it fixes it self, I cannot ping as I guess it is not checked in GuardDog. ICMP, ICP, whois, ping are all blocked. I used GuardDog for setting up Firewall, it should not be a problem as the connection used to work on this ISP, and still does on another.

Thanks,
AJ
 
  


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