Steve Scrimpshire Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 Ok...now I have a new problem...I can share the internet connection (dialup), but it often dies for no reason. Signal (or error) 16....what do I need to enable to troubleshoot this? Linux and Win98SE are the two boxes that share, with Linux dialing up. I use kppp to dialup and I thought I could add the debug option in the command to run kppp, but it tells me everytime that it dies that debugging was not enabled, so it can't help me. It could just be that our ISP drops us because sharing that small bandwidth makes us too slow. Any ideas? TIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 Did you check in /var/log if there is an interesting log file ? I use pppoe so I can't help you much but lots of app log their activities in /var/log so maybe kppp do it too. Just an idea... MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 I would start by installing wvdial (on the mdk cds). It has a small config file and after that you type wvdial to dial in. It is the most stable PPP dialer for Linux. If wvdial can't hold onto the connection then it might be on your ISP's side or could be a 'dirty' phone line (static). Some more info: can you do anything on the internet before the ppp daemon dies? Does it always disconnect at the same time or is it inconsistant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted January 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 It's totally inconsistent. Sometimes I can be logged in and surfing for hours before it dies. It does seem to happen more often and the connection lasts shorter if there is someone actively surfing on the Win98 box while I am. I do notice errors in ifconfig ... here's an example: inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:112756 errors:105 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:386 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:218 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:8632737 (8.2 Mb) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:9 Base address:0xe000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:6845 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6845 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:490407 (478.9 Kb) TX bytes:490407 (478.9 Kb) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:65.146.9.170 P-t-P:63.152.2.226 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:316 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:350 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:206851 (202.0 Kb) TX bytes:37159 (36.2 Kb) Note: This is shortly after being booted and reconnecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted January 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 Forgot to say this is a Linksys HPN (HomePhonelineNetwork) network card and this is a very old house, but I got booted way less when we were not sharing the connection. The modem is a Conexant/Rockwell HCF(?) (not sure if it's an HCF or HSF, but it's the one whose driver was released last). Don't see any unusual error messages in /var/log/messages. The most useful thing I've gotten is: ....Can't find interface ppp0 It was pppd that died.... I guess it could be that the phone lines in the house are so old that the eth0 interface (which is supposed to operate over the data part of the phoneline and not interfere with telephone calls if the network is up) is in some way causing interference with the ppp0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted January 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 (I think I just talked myself into the answer....LOL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 Yip! I would guess that your phone line is 'dirty' if you call your service provider (phone company) and ask them to clear your line, they should be able to get rid of any static on the line. Try using wvdial anyway, it is hella stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AA Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 For what its worth I had trouble dialing up with kppp too. When I switched and used another one (can't remember which one) the internet was a) unbelievably fast, and B) unbelievably stable. My recommendation: Use a different app to dial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted January 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 Well, I've switched to wvdial and so far there are less errors showing up in the ppp0 interface (today 0 actually), so I think this might help. Thanks everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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