PPPoA + pipex

Hi,

I have a broadband DSL connection with pipex. I use a D-Link 300G+ modem to
connect.
Up until a few days ago everything was fine with the connection. Then it
refused to connect.
I kept getting an LCP no repsonse message on the PPP info.
I messed around with the 300G+ configuration, and decided to switch to PPPoE
connection type.
Doing this has allowed me to connect, all other settings remained the same.
I cant connect at all using PPPoA now, I have to use PPPoE.
What caused this to happen ?
I think its a bit strange.

thanks
JC

Jonny Cochrane wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a broadband DSL connection with pipex. I use a D-Link 300G+ modem
> to connect.
> Up until a few days ago everything was fine with the connection. Then it
> refused to connect.
> I kept getting an LCP no repsonse message on the PPP info.
> I messed around with the 300G+ configuration, and decided to switch to
> PPPoE connection type.
> Doing this has allowed me to connect, all other settings remained the
> same. I cant connect at all using PPPoA now, I have to use PPPoE.
> What caused this to happen ?
> I think its a bit strange.

Your not alone - it seems like recently but only sometimes you will end up
talking to some kit that's doing broken ppp - I get away with it, there
have been posts of other modems/routers failing because of it.

I don't know why pppoe should work - I didn't know you could do it, maybe
it falls back to pppoatm and works by luck, as it's not common to get the
broken remote anyway.

It seems like just doing a ppp retry gets the same remote - so you have to
take atm down/power down to have a chance of getting the working kit.

Andy.

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:26:13 +0100, Andy Furniss
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have a broadband DSL connection with pipex. I use a D-Link 300G+ modem
>> to connect.
>> Up until a few days ago everything was fine with the connection. Then it
>> refused to connect.
Just when i was thinking of migrating to Pipex people start saying
things are going wrong. Is this a one off or is the Pipex service not
that good after all.;-((

cyberdog wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:26:13 +0100, Andy Furniss
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I have a broadband DSL connection with pipex. I use a D-Link 300G+ modem
> >> to connect.
> >> Up until a few days ago everything was fine with the connection. Then
> >> it refused to connect.
> Just when i was thinking of migrating to Pipex people start saying
> things are going wrong. Is this a one off or is the Pipex service not
> that good after all.;-((

They have been OK for me - After a thread in pipex.xtreme.support I think I
was a bit hasty in saying pipex have broken ppp as the behavior is OK
acording to the RFC and the changes may be down to BT anyway.

It seems some (most?) people get two challenges anyway and it's OK. Until
now I always got one - & assumed two was a problem - it seems to be
flushing out some routers that can't handle it - maybe there are firmware
updates for them.

Other ISPs are also reportedly having problems recently as BT change things
around.

Andy.

> Just when i was thinking of migrating to Pipex people start saying
> things are going wrong. Is this a one off or is the Pipex service not
> that good after all.;-((

I`ve had very few problems since I moved to them in Feb - i`d still
recommend them, and i`m happy with the reliability at the price.

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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:28:49 +0100, Colin Wilson
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> Just when i was thinking of migrating to Pipex people start saying
>> things are going wrong. Is this a one off or is the Pipex service not
>> that good after all.;-((
>
>I`ve had very few problems since I moved to them in Feb - i`d still
>recommend them, and i`m happy with the reliability at the price.
>
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That`s good enough for me... By the way, the price quoted for the trial
of the 1MB service. Is this the final price or only for the trial.