> Hello Sluggers,
>
> Need help on a nagging long time problem making wvdial work.
> I can connect with kppp.
>
> I can successfully dial up my ISP with wvdial. It negotiates login,
> password, and the PAP secrets thing and then abrubtly hangs up. Error 16
> which, according to man, says the peer disconnected the modem.
>
> I have checked and rechecked every conceivable file in ppp. Here are the
> last few lines of the error message.(minus the date id# etc.)
>
> rcvd [IPCP TermReq id=0x2
> sent [IPCP TermAck id=0x2
> rcvd [ICPC TermReq id=0x3
> sent [ICPC TermAck id=0x3
> rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0x3
> LCP terminated by peer
> cbcp_lowerdown
> sent [LCP TermAck id=0x3
> Hangup (SIGHUP)
> Modem hangup
> Connection terminated
> Exit
>
> Why??? is it doing this? Can any of the Sluggers give me a
> clue/fix? Is there something Icould add to the wvdial script to make it
> stop doing this? Would really be appreciated. Just have no idea why.
I used to get this error when wvdial was having trouble starting pppd.
Wvdial has a special "Stupid Mode" for dealing with silly ISPs, as well.
No, I'm not kidding. It always worked great for me.
Somewhat less than $0.02
Levi
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