Re:[LI] wvdial problems

[rahul <rahul.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Shanu,

I tried ifconfig and MTU is reported as 596! Thanks for solving that one.
No shell logins for me though :-(
But, going through "/var/log/messages" I found this:

pppd[680]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-26
modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-24

What do those "can't locate module" lines mean? Is compression not working?
As far as I could find out, the only module for PPP-compression is bsd_comp.o
(kernel-compilation-help) or am I wrong?

BTW: Do you know of any good book(s) for networking? I'm really lost there (as
you might have already realised.) 

Thanks,
Rahul
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On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> Hello Rahul,
>        The MTU u see initially will get re negotiated to 596 once the ppp
> interface is up. To check the status of the MTU run ifconfig as root and
> check for the MTU value displayed or even better, run iptraf, which is a
> network statistic and diagnostic application.
> 
>        To diagnose the slow speeds which u r experiencing, I suggest u do a
> shell login (using minicom) if possible and do a zmodem download of a
> fairly large file (200kb+) and check whether any CRC errors appear. If
> they do u have to incr the port speeds.
> 
>        Let me know of the result.
> 
> Regards,
> -- Shanu
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>    Shanker Balan                                                              Debian/GNU Linux 2.1
>    St. Albert's College
>    Cochin  India
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