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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 16:25:33 -0500
To: John Szumowski <harpo@javanet.com>
From: Shawn Leas <poker2@northernnet.com>
Subject: Re: Odd pppd message- need help interpreting
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At 04:16 PM 8/28/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I've found ijppp to be somewhat quirky in calling external scripts, so
>I'm trying out pppd.
>Everything seems to work fine, but I get an odd message in the log file
>(/var/log/messages):
>CCP: timeout sending Config-Requests

LCP?  Are you using bsddip, or chat, ??  If using chat you might need to
feed your modem a ^M (\n)? after CONNECT.  I had this problem in Linux
once.  Using dip it never happened.

On the other hand, if it ain't broken, ...

>
>What's especially puzzling is that I have used my current pppd settings
>in a previous install and don't recall getting this message.

Previous install with the same modem [and] ISP?

>Any clarification would be appreciated.

Does muddying the issue count?