Modem Connection Terminates Shortly After Dial-Up
Support knowledgebase (thallma_lcp_echo)
Applies to
SuSE Linux: All versions
Symptom
Your Internet connection via modem seems to work, but the connection
is interrupted shortly after the dial-up connection has been successfully
set up. The following error message is displayed:
--> pppd: Terminate Request (Message: "Peer not responding")
--> pppd: Connect time 2.1 minutes.
Cause
Your provider does not react to the LCP echo requests sent by
your system. These requests are sent by the Linux system and must be responded
within a given time. Your system uses this command to check the availability of
the remote host.
Having taken this information into account and understandably enough, the
Linux system (or better said, pppd) hangs up after a short time.
Solution
In order to keep an Internet connection with your provider under Linux,
this process, which is correct in itself, must be disabled. Please open the file
/etc/ppp/options as root user with any ASCII editor of your choice, and
delete the lines:
lcp-echo-interval 30
lcp-echo-failure 4
Save the modified file and retry to establish a dial-up connection.
Note: The problem is mostly on the provider's side and not on the
Linux system's side. The provider's dial-up host is either too overloaded
to respond to the LCP echo requests, or its configuration does not
comply at all with the PPP Internet connection standards.
Keywords: MODEM CONNECTION, DIALIN, DIAL-UP, TERMINATE, ABORT, INTERNET
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- Version: 15. Jan 2002
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