[ale] DSL modem problems

[David Corbin]

When I recently tried to get rp-pppoe running over my Alcatel Home, I 
saw similar things.  The workaround that made it work for me, was to 
plug it in to a hub, rather than directly to the PC.  Right now, it 
dawns on me that I may have needed a cross-over cable.  But there is a 
reference in the RP documentation to being sure your NIC is in 
10Mbs/Half-Duplex.

linuxnews at localhost.localdomain wrote:

>I'm trying to setup a new Alcatel SpeedTouch home, I had one in the past 
>but it fell victim to lighting, I replaced it with a Westell speedwire, 
>which turned out to be defective, it won't stay synced for more than an 
>houre, Bellsouth sent me another speedtouch and I now can't get it to 
>connect, the modem syncs, but I can't get a connection, here's what I've 
>tried so far... 1) using all of the same cables tested the old modem, it 
>still connects fine, 2) installed the latest version of roaring penguin, 
>3) increased the timeout in the config file, 4) tried it on another linux 
>system at my house, 5) followed the directions on DSLreports for 
>configuring the modem(multiple times) 6) and I even went as far as to hook 
>it up to my XP box, and it was able to establish a connection and work 
>normally.  When I run the start up script this is what my log shows:
>Jan 13 22:46:02 localhost pppd[14177]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
>Jan 13 22:46:02 localhost pppd[14177]: Using interface ppp0
>Jan 13 22:46:02 localhost pppd[14177]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2
>Jan 13 22:46:33 localhost pppd[14177]: LCP: timeout sending 
>Config-Requests 
>Jan 13 22:46:33 localhost pppd[14177]: Connection terminated.
>Jan 13 22:46:37 localhost pppoe[14178]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
>Jan 13 22:46:37 localhost pppd[14177]: Exit.
>Jan 13 22:46:37 localhost adsl-connect: ADSL connection lost; attempting 
>re-connection.
>Jan 13 22:46:42 localhost pppd[14419]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
>Jan 13 22:46:42 localhost pppd[14419]: Using interface ppp0
>Jan 13 22:46:42 localhost pppd[14419]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2
>Jan 13 22:47:13 localhost pppd[14419]: LCP: timeout sending 
>Config-Requests 
>Jan 13 22:47:13 localhost pppd[14419]: Connection terminated.
>Jan 13 22:47:17 localhost pppoe[14420]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
>Jan 13 22:47:17 localhost pppd[14419]: Exit.
>Jan 13 22:47:17 localhost adsl-connect: ADSL connection lost; attempting 
>re-connection.
>Jan 13 22:47:22 localhost pppd[14676]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
>Jan 13 22:47:22 localhost pppd[14676]: Using interface ppp0
>Jan 13 22:47:22 localhost pppd[14676]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2
>Jan 13 22:47:53 localhost pppd[14676]: LCP: timeout sending 
>Config-Requests 
>Jan 13 22:47:53 localhost pppd[14676]: Connection terminated.
>Jan 13 22:47:57 localhost pppoe[14677]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
>Jan 13 22:47:57 localhost pppd[14676]: Exit.
>Jan 13 22:47:57 localhost adsl-connect: ADSL connection lost; attempting 
>re-connection.
>Jan 13 22:48:02 localhost pppd[14920]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
>Jan 13 22:48:02 localhost pppd[14920]: Using interface ppp0
>Jan 13 22:48:02 localhost pppd[14920]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2
>Jan 13 22:48:33 localhost pppd[14920]: LCP: timeout sending 
>Config-Requests 
>Jan 13 22:48:33 localhost pppd[14920]: Connection terminated.
>Jan 13 22:48:37 localhost pppoe[14921]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
>Jan 13 22:48:37 localhost pppd[14920]: Exit.
>
>Not sure if you need this, but this is the log from the modem that is 
>working:
>
>Jan 13 22:51:55 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0
>Jan 13 22:55:05 localhost pppd[15049]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
>Jan 13 22:55:05 localhost pppd[15049]: Using interface ppp0
>Jan 13 22:55:05 localhost pppd[15049]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2
>Jan 13 22:55:05 localhost pppoe[15050]: PPP session is 16788
>Jan 13 22:55:07 localhost pppd[15049]: Remote message: CHAP authentication 
>success, unit 178
>Jan 13 22:55:07 localhost pppd[15049]: local  IP address 66.156.104.94
>Jan 13 22:55:07 localhost pppd[15049]: remote IP address 66.156.104.1
>
>
>I'm at a loss, any Ideas would be greatly appricitated, I need to get this 
>working ASAP , b/c unless I send my old modem back soon BellSouth is going 
>to charge me for it.  Thanks!! 
>
>Nick
>
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