Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:01:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
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To: Arvind Kalyan <base16@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: GPRS on Linux fails due to 255.255.255.255 remote address.
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On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Arvind Kalyan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use my Airtel GPRS connection under Linux.
>

According to the documentation I've been reading, you set
up your computer for DHCP! It will automatically use one
of those free 192.x.x.x addresses to start if you
don't already have an ISP connection. Otherwise, you
leave your current configuration alone and the ppp link
will work as a remote system.


In no case should an IP address be 255.255.255.255.


> a. modem initialization strings
> b. authentication type : pap
> c. remote IP address: 255.255.255.255
> d. gateway address: my own IP is made my gw (10.*.*.*)
> e. name servers: automatically assigned numbers...
>
> 2. Rebooted into Linux
>

[SNIPPED...]

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.9 on an i686 machine (5537.79 GrumpyMips).
                  98.36% of all statistics are fiction.
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