[CLUE-Tech] mgetty and ppp troubles on linux dialin server

[daniel]

Thank you both Chris and Jim for responding.
I made the changes to adjust the port speed down to 9600 from 38400 in my 
mgetty.config file, and added just "9600" to the top of my
/etc/ppp/options.server file.

Unfortunately the dialin connection is still not working.  Here is the output
from the 
Kppp debug window on the client as it calls in:
---
pppd 2.4.1 started by carol. uid 501
using channel 2
connect interface ppp0
connect ppp0 < -- > /dev/ttS/0
sent [lcpconfREQid=0x1<asyncmap0x0><magic 0x8a8d59fb><pcomp>]
terminating on signal 15
sent [lcptermREQid=0x2 "user request"]
sent [lcptermREQid=0x3 "user request"]
connection terminated
exit 
---

PPPD's exit code of 15 is this:
15     The link was terminated because the peer is  not  responding  to echo
requests.

Does this give any more clues as to the problem? Are there any other tests I can
run that might yield interesting debug info? Thanks guys for your input :)

-Daniel

> Could you give us more information as to what happens when you try 
> to call in? Do you actually connect? I see the chat script complains,
>  but it's not clear why.


>Yes.  I think your problem is the use of the baud rate 38400 to talk
>to a 14.4 modem.  I had this same problem with a 14.4 modem of my own.
>
>Your init string is probably fine.
>
>Here is what I suggest:
>
>1. use setserial to set the port speed to spd_hi.  setserial /dev/ttyS0 spd_hi
>2. If that doesn't work, try spd_normal.
>3. If that doesn't work, set mgetty to use 9600 as the port speed, and set
>pppd to use 9600 as the port speed.
>
>I think you will find that everything works as expected when you use 9600
>as the port speed for everything on the server end.  If so, then try the
>various techniques for increasing the ttyS0 port speed to a maximum of 57600.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Jim