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dharmabum · 08-26-2008, 08:17 PM

Another tip (that I discovered the hard way):
If you succeed in connecting to the rfcomm device with ppp and initiating a ppp connection, but you see something like the following:

Code:

Serial connection established.
using channel 6
Using interface ppp0
Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/rfcomm0
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xe4e911f9>]
rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x0 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth pap>]
No auth is possible
sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x0 <auth pap>]
rcvd [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 <magic 0xe4e911f9>
...
LCP terminated by peer
sent [LCP TermAck id=0x2]
rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x2]
Connection terminated.

then you should try adding the following lines to your /etc/ppp/options:
auth
+pap

You will also probably want to add the following line to /etc/ppp/options
usepeerdns
(otherwise you may not be able to resolve domain names)

08-26-2008, 08:17 PM	#58
dharmabum New Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Model: 8320 PIN: N/A Carrier: tmo Posts: 3	if you run into this... Another tip (that I discovered the hard way): If you succeed in connecting to the rfcomm device with ppp and initiating a ppp connection, but you see something like the following: Code: Serial connection established. using channel 6 Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/rfcomm0 sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xe4e911f9>] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x0 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth pap>] No auth is possible sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x0 <auth pap>] rcvd [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 <magic 0xe4e911f9> ... LCP terminated by peer sent [LCP TermAck id=0x2] rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x2] Connection terminated. then you should try adding the following lines to your /etc/ppp/options: auth +pap You will also probably want to add the following line to /etc/ppp/options usepeerdns (otherwise you may not be able to resolve domain names)
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