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Giles_2071
Sep 01, 2008Nimbostratus
Linux/pppd/Connection dropped
I am trying to connect to my work network using firepass but am getting "Waiting for 127.0.0.1" followed by "Connection dropped"
Can someone advise?
pppd messages are:
...
Giles_2071
Oct 21, 2008Nimbostratus
> It sure does look like you're using an unsupported version.
> I'm pretty sure that 64-bit FireFox isn't supported (is there a 64-bit version of FireFox??).
> Are you using FireFox 2 or 3?
/usr/lib64/firefox-2.0.0.17/firefox
Says its:
/usr/lib64/firefox-2.0.0.17/firefox-bin: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64
> I would try 32-bit FireFox 2 on FirePass 6.0.3...for Linux...that looks like your safest bet.
Using FF32 I get:
"Status: Queued"
in the small "Network Access" screen.
The "Waiting for 127.0.0.1" is still there but doesnt stop.
messages says:
Oct 21 15:15:13 agander kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
Oct 21 15:15:13 agander pppd[9389]: pppd 2.4.4 started by gander, uid 500
Oct 21 15:15:13 agander pppd[9389]: Using interface ppp0
Oct 21 15:15:13 agander pppd[9389]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/4
Oct 21 15:15:13 agander pppd[9389]: not replacing existing default route via 192.168.0.1
Oct 21 15:15:13 agander pppd[9389]: local IP address 10.x.0.224
Oct 21 15:15:13 agander pppd[9389]: remote IP address 10.x.0.1
Oct 21 15:22:39 agander pppd[9389]: Terminating on signal 15
Oct 21 15:22:39 agander pppd[9389]: Connect time 7.5 minutes.
Oct 21 15:22:39 agander pppd[9389]: Sent 4 bytes, received 8 bytes.
Oct 21 15:22:45 agander pppd[9389]: Connection terminated.
Oct 21 15:22:45 agander pppd[9389]: Modem hangup
Oct 21 15:22:45 agander pppd[9389]: Exit.
FF32 reports:
SIOCADDRT: No such process
SIOCDELRT: No such process
SIOCADDRT: No such device
Unknown host
>I believe the waiting on 127.0.0.1 is because your client isn't binding to the PPP adapter properly (unsupported version).
Ok
Thanks again
Giles
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