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Mike Hay <mikehay@penicuik.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Occasionally (perhaps 1 in 12-15attempts) I get a log-in failure to
> Demon, always at the "Establishing Network Protocols" message, using
> OT/PPP.  Below is the log from OT/PPP of a successful, and then a
> failed, login.  The failure looks as if it is receiving an IP address of
> 0.0.0.0 in spite of repeated attempts at interrogation. It's also
> interesting that the initial dialing sequence isn't logged, although the
> carrier light came on and the sequence got through "Starting PPP" etc.
> 
>  Can anyone who understands these things tell me whether this log
> sequence implies:
> 
> a) it is my problem
> b) it is the ISP's problem
> c) both
> d) neither
> e) impossible to say
> 
> and what, if anything, might be suggested to stop it happening.
> 
> Setup is a Mac Performa 6200  40/500 with System 7.5.5 and OT 1.1.2.
> Using an Electronic Frontier as advertised by Demon, with which I'm
> otherwise very pleased.  Init string is &F4E0L0 S10=50 S11=50.  Using
> Energis National ROMP, although I think the same thing has happened with
> COLT.

First of all you've not posted tot eh most appropriate newsgroup which
is demon.ip.support.mac so I've cross-posted and set follow-ups.  I have
not had any login faiiures with almost exactly the same set-up as you
for months now so I expect the problem is your end and not Demons.
2 things to try are to set your IP address in TCP/IP instead of having
it negociated and secondly trim your login script.
Edit it so that instead of looking for "hello:\13\13\10" or whatever it
looks for, change this to just "elo:" and the same for all the strings,
this should help.

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