After configuring the port correctly, as described by MZ below, wouldn't
this work if dialed FROM the Trumpet side TO the pm, as is normally done?
Derric
> command ATTACH S# .
> >Now I can issue an ATO. The modems handshake, I got a ESTABLISHED status in
> >the PM, but Trumpet
> >could not negotiate the IP. I noticed that when I issue a show S#, the port
> >changes to DEVICE (because
> >I've telneted it, obviously!). In the console of the PM starts to appear
> >lots of 'garbage' (characters
>
> You CANNOT do it this way. By connecting with attach to the modem you
> have configured the port as a DEVICE and it is a text connection. So the
> PM will *never* issue an IP nor will PPP succeed. You will not be able to
> do this by manually making the modems link. You must find a way to make
> them talk to each other automatically (some modems have a 'leased line' mode
> where they keep the line up all the time).
>
> You would need to configure the port as Network Hardwired to keep the nailed
> up connection running. Since you can't have 'dialin' users if the modem is
> always going to be up.
-- Derric Scott Scott Network Services, Inc. P. O. Box 361353 derric@scott.net (205)987-5889 Birmingham, AL 35236