"LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests" Problem????

Hi,


I'm trying to set up a DSL connection in my linux (suse 7.1, kernel
2.4.28, ISP:Bluewin.ch) with a speedtouch usb modem.

My problem is when I try:

"pppd call adsl &" which is suppose to start my DSL connection I've
got the following message: "LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests"

What the hell is that and how do I fix it???

Here is a snap shot of the logs...

Sep 16 23:03:39 localhost pppd[4351]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid
0
Sep 16 23:03:39 localhost pppoa2[4352]: Starting PPPoA2 ( merged
version
includes new ATM/AAL5 stack ) 1_0
Sep 16 23:03:39 localhost pppoa2[4352]: I'm the parent process, I
handle
the endpoint 0x07
Sep 16 23:03:39 localhost pppoa2[4356]: I'm the children process, I
handle
the endpoint 0x87
Sep 16 23:03:39 localhost pppd[4351]: Using interface ppp0
Sep 16 23:03:39 localhost pppd[4351]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Sep 16 23:04:10 localhost pppd[4351]: LCP: timeout sending
Config-Requests
Sep 16 23:04:10 localhost pppd[4351]: Connection terminated.
Sep 16 23:04:10 localhost pppd[4351]: Using interface ppp0
Sep 16 23:04:10 localhost pppd[4351]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/1
Sep 16 23:04:10 localhost pppoa2[4379]: Starting PPPoA2 ( merged
version
includes new ATM/AAL5 stack ) 1_0
Sep 16 23:04:10 localhost pppoa2[4379]: I'm the parent process, I
handle
the endpoint 0x07
Sep 16 23:04:10 localhost pppoa2[4379]: pusb_claim_interface 1 failed
Sep 16 23:04:10 localhost pppd[4351]: Modem hangup
Sep 16 23:04:10 localhost pppd[4351]: Connection terminated.
.... [more of the same] ...

Marc <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I'm trying to set up a DSL connection in my linux (suse 7.1, kernel
> 2.4.28, ISP:Bluewin.ch) with a speedtouch usb modem.
>
> My problem is when I try:
>
> "pppd call adsl &" which is suppose to start my DSL connection I've
> got the following message: "LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests"
>
> What the hell is that and how do I fix it???
>
> Here is a snap shot of the logs...

> Sep 16 23:03:39 localhost pppd[4351]: Using interface ppp0
> Sep 16 23:03:39 localhost pppd[4351]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
> Sep 16 23:04:10 localhost pppd[4351]: LCP: timeout sending
> Config-Requests

No one is answering from the remote side.


> Sep 16 23:04:10 localhost pppoa2[4379]: Starting PPPoA2 ( merged
> version
> includes new ATM/AAL5 stack ) 1_0

Make sure that your provider really uses PPPoA (and not PPPoE).

If it is PPPoA then check whether you have configured the
correct VPI/VCI in the modem (if this is possible). If you
can configure the encapsulation on the VC, check that it is
also correct (VC mux'ed or LLC/SNAP encapsulated) according
to the ISPs requirements.

Check also whether your DSL connection is operational (normally
a green LED should indicate this on the modem).


BTW: Don't multi-post use cross-posting instead.

Ciao, Horst
--
»When pings go wrong (It hurts me too)« E.Clapton/E.James/P.Tscharn

Marc

If Horst's suggestions don't work (ie you have tried the exact settins that
your ISP suggested) change just VCMux to LLC and see if that helps.
I know a few people who have DLink modems that have been working fine for
months using VCMux. Then one day they cannot connect. Changing to LLC
fixed the problem.
Neither BT or the ISPs will claim responsibility, but I believe BT are at
fault

P

Marc
Could you tell us what you found, and if/how you resolved your problem?

Many thanks
Paul