Earthlink not helping.

[jdow]

From: "Lokrin" <redhat at lokrin.net>

> 
> THANKYOU JDOW!  *kisses*
> 
> Ok, I went to the ifcfg-earthlink file and made the following changes:
> (basically I made it match the ifcfg-seanet file)
> 
> # Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
> # for the documentation of these parameters.
> ONBOOT=no
> USERCTL=yes
> PEERDNS=yes
> TYPE=Modem
> DEVICE=ppp1
> BOOTPROTO=dialup
> 
> (The below I was playing with and were all off before)
> AC=off (was on)
> BSDCOMP=off (was on)
> VJCCOMP=off (was on)
> CCP=off (was on)
> PC=off (was on)
> VJ=off (was on)
> 
> LINESPEED=115200
> MODEMPORT=/dev/ttyS4
> PROVIDER=Earthlink
> 
> (I'll assume it was this line.  What does it do anyway?)
> DEFROUTE=yes (was no)
> (And what is this?)
> PERSIST=yes (was no)
> 
> PAPNAME='ELN/lokrin2000 at earthlink.net' (didn't have ELN/ prefix)
> WVDIALSECT=Earthlink
> MODEMNAME=Modem0
> DEMAND=no
> IPV6INIT=no (was yes)
> IDLETIMEOUT=600

Um, I'd leave the compression on. My experience is that turning it off
means Earthlink rejects the call.
{^_^}