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Re: [LUG] TCPIP over PPP problems

 

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 08:42:19PM +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> root@cottage:~# wget http://192.168.2.50:8
> --2015-05-27 19:37:35--  http://192.168.2.50
> Connecting to 192.168.2.50:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
> 
> That's all it does.  Checking the Apache logs on the remote Pi it
> can tell there's been a connection made but it's not sending any
> data.  If I try SSH it also doesn't appear to do anything.  So I'm
> wondering if something is stopping TCP from working over the PPP
> link.  ICMP and UDP work (or at least appear to work, DNS resolves
> and pings work) so this is leaving me stumped.

I know probably less about PPP than you do, but "HTTP request sent"
suggests that the TCP connection is established. Have you tried running
tcpdump to see which and what kind of packets are being sent?

That doesn't answer your question, but might help you narrow down the
issue.

Martijn.

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