Re: ISDN Port set to prompt for host?

Mike Ossmann (mike@pooh.pageplus.com)
Sat, 22 Jun 1996 20:51:53 -0600 (MDT)

On Sat, 22 Jun 1996, Kurt S wrote:

> Now, the port (21 in this case) has somehow been set to prompt for a host.
> When I do a 'show 20' and 'show s22' I do not see any lines pertaining to
> any kind of host whatsoever.

"Set s20 extended on" will allow some additional things such as host
prompts to show up when you do a "show s20".

> Logging in to an admin session and executing 'set console' and
> 'set debug isdn on' yields the following continuous stream of messages.
>
> Sending Request Connect - 64kbps / Data
> Received Connect - B1
> Sending Disconnect Request
> Received Disconnect Ack
> Received Disconnect Clear

You should also try "set debug 0x51". It looks like the isdn connection
is fine, but PPP is having problems.

> If I squeeze in a show session during the connect phase it shows the line in the
> HOSTNAME phase of connecting.

You can turn off the host prompt with "set s21 host default".

I had a dial location/username/password etc
> set up for the dial group associated with the port. I deleted it and the
> above messages persist. I am assuming that the error messages are being caused
> by the Pipeline at the other end trying to dial in to the portmaster and
> dying at the 'hostname' prompt that I suspect the portmaster is asking for. It's
> 10pm on a Saturday night so I can't actually go over to the clients office as
> they are closed. (I'd like to get this thing fixed before they open in the
> morning :P )

Did this connection work before?

Mike
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