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Brixton PPP <-> Cisco IPCP won't come up, LCP does

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From: Nathan D. Lane
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 04:23
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I am using Brixton PPP version 1.2 on a SparcStation 1+ clone with an
Aurora Technologies 4-port sync card.  I am trying to connect with
a Cisco router at the other end (don't know anything about it, except
that it uses an "un-numbered" interface or something like that).  This
link is for our main internet feed.  On the same Sparc, I have two other
links to similar equipment via 56K lines [to Sparcs, not to Cisco's]
and they work fine.  

Here is some of the output that I get:

BPOP0015 : (0) Display of object: LCP03
(0)    LCP State = Open


BPOP0015 : (0) Display of object: IPCP03
(0)    IPCP State = Supporting LCP CLosed
(0)    Desired State = Active Open
(0)    Supporting LCP = LCP03

The LCP sure looks open to me!  Are there any peculiarities with Brixton
or with Cisco?  Brixton, of course, says they follow the spec closely,
but I have heard otherwise.  Reason for post:  their tech support doesn't
seem to return my calls with any frequency and the tech support at PSI
says this is an unsupported method of connecting, but they will take
my money anyway (which they did).  I'd really rather not buy a Cisco,
since they cost more than the whole Sparc setup did.

Thanks for any help.

-Nathan Lane
Trico Title Company, Santa Barbara, CA
nlane@well.sf.ca.us [sure would like to get my line to work so I can get
my own domain]
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From: nlane@well.sf.ca.us (Nathan D. Lane)
Subject: Brixton PPP <-> Cisco IPCP won't come up, LCP does
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Summary: LCP comes up fine, IPCP says support LCP closed 
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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 04:23:20 GMT
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