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Date:      Tue, 10 Aug 1999 12:05:47 +0300
From:      "Andy V. Oleynik" <andyo@prime.net.ua>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPP problem: Unknown protocol 0x8207 (Cisco Discovery Protocol  Control)
Message-ID:  <37AFEB6A.2749C2E0@prime.net.ua>
References:  <199908100852.JAA00763@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>

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Brian Somers wrote:

> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a problem with my ppp dialup to my ISP. I have FreeBSD 3.2
> > (download from ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.2-RELEASE), and ppp
> > version is 2.11 (Date 1999/05/02 08:59:38).
> >
> > Since my ISP use Unix style login, I disable both CHAP and PAP.
> > After I issue "dial" command, the output are (see attached files
> > for more info):
> > ...
> > Chat: Received: Entering PPP mode.
> >
> > Chat: Received: Async interface address is unnumbered (Ethernet0)
> >
> > Chat: Received: Your IP address is 131.252.218.42. MTU is 1500 bytes
> >
> > Chat: Received: Header compression will match your system.
> >
> > Chat: Received:
> >
> > PPp ON jenny>
> > ppp ON jenny>
> >
> > You can see here the first two capital P's, which means "we've
> > authenticated", somehow I didn't get three capital P's (PPP)
> > which means "we didn't agreed IP numbers". But you can see my ISP
> > already told me what IP number to use.
> >
> > I found the following entry in ppp.log:
> > Phase: Unknown protocol 0x8207 (Cisco Discovery Protocol Control)
> >
> > I have no problem to connect to my ISP through PPP when I use
> > Windows NT on the same box.
> >
> > I already checked out FAQ, Handbook, PPP - Pedantic PPP Primer,
> > and mailing list, and I can not figure out what's wrong here.
> >
> > Can anyone give me an idea what's the problem? I also attach
> > three files with this message:
> > ppp.log.278: related ppp.log entries
> > ppp.conf.278: my ppp.conf
> > typescript.278: the output of ppp command
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Qihong Chen
> > qihong@ee.pdx.edu
>
> Hi,
>
> Good config file - specifically the ``set vj stotcomp off'' to match
> the peer :-)
>
> I think the real problem lies here:
>
> [.....]
> > Aug  9 11:09:17 jenny ppp[278]: LCP: deflink: -- Protocol 0x8021 (Internet Protocol Control Protocol) was rejected!
> [.....]
>
> At this point, ppp should close down the link.  I've just committed a
> change that makes this happen, but that's not what the problem is :-I
>
> I *think* the problem is that the ppp implementation at the other
> side is an NT server.

Allow me to not agree with U, Brian, ISP's output points that there is CISCO IOS
at his side.

> Some (broken) ppp implementations will fail to
> allocate you a dynamic IP number unless you specifically request
> ``0.0.0.0''.  Try changing your ``set ifaddr'' line to
>
>   set ifaddr 131.252.218.0/24 131.252.218.60/24 255.255.255.224 0.0.0.0
>
> This tells ppp to send 0.0.0.0 first, but still insist on something
> in the specified MYADDR range.
>
> --
> Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                        <brian@FreeBSD.org>
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> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !          <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk>
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