From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268907AbUJUAH2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:07:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269066AbUJUADN (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:03:13 -0400 Received: from h-68-165-86-241.dllatx37.covad.net ([68.165.86.241]:19520 "EHLO sol.microgate.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270452AbUJUAAb (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:00:31 -0400 Subject: Re: Fwd: [Bug 3592] New: pppd "IPCP: timeout sending Config-Requests" From: Paul Fulghum To: Alan Cox Cc: Alan Cox , Russell King , Linux Kernel Mailing List , "Martin J. Bligh" , Linus Torvalds In-Reply-To: <20041020234659.GA26810@devserv.devel.redhat.com> References: <20041019131240.A20243@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <1098195468.8467.7.camel@deimos.microgate.com> <1098199942.2857.7.camel@deimos.microgate.com> <1098309449.12411.57.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1098315760.6006.13.camel@at2.pipehead.org> <20041020234659.GA26810@devserv.devel.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1098316806.6006.23.camel@at2.pipehead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 19:00:06 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 18:46, Alan Cox wrote: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 06:42:40PM -0500, Paul Fulghum wrote: > > I'm not sure I would characterize using DCD > > for a serial connection indicator as odd. > > The default setup trusts LCP closes sent between the two ends Yes. In the case of this bug report, it looks like Window NT4 is dropping the connection without sending the LCP close. That is crappy behavior. DCD makes a good check on the physical layer in case your POTS line is on the crackly side. May I never suffer dialup again :-P -- Paul Fulghum paulkf@microgate.com