ADSL connection debug

[Alex White]

On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:16:51PM +0100, antonio montagnani wrote:
> I am trying to connect to the Internet a Linux box with Fedora by a 
> pppd[3549]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/3
> pppd[3549]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> pppd[3549]: Connection terminated
> pppoe[3658]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets

How many ethernet cards do you have in your machine? I typically have
received this error if when rebooting from windows to linux, the ethernet
card ordering changes. Windows identifies ethernet cards sometimes in
reverse order of linux. I've experienced this several times and wonder
why it won't connect.

It is also possible that you have to turn off the adsl "modem" as it were
and let it sit a second then turn it back on. Sometimes windows does 
-somethin'- queer to the modem as it shuts down and it's stuck in an 
unusable state. Note that the previous is only theory but I have rebooted
on occasion and had to power off and power on my adsl modem because it
refused to connect. These errors look similar to what I have dealt with
in the past. 

Hope this Helps

Alex