[ale] DSL Modem problem

[Nick Travis]

I'm trying to setup a new Alcatel SpeedTouch home, 
I had one in the past but it fell victim to lighting, I replaced it with a 
Westell speedwire, which turned out to be defective, it won't stay synced for 
more than an houre, Bellsouth sent me another speedtouch and I now can't get it 
to connect, the modem syncs, but I can't get a connection, here's what I've 
tried so far... 1) using all of the same cables tested the old modem, it still 
connects fine, 2) installed the latest version of roaring penguin, 3) increased 
the timeout in the config file, 4) tried it on another linux system at my house, 
5) followed the directions on DSLreports for configuring the modem(multiple 
times) 6) and I even went as far as to hook it up to my XP box, and it was able 
to establish a connection and work normally.  When I run the start up 
script this is what my log shows:
Jan 13 22:46:02 localhost pppd[14177]: pppd 2.4.1 
started by root, uid 0Jan 13 22:46:02 localhost pppd[14177]: Using interface 
ppp0Jan 13 22:46:02 localhost pppd[14177]: Connect: ppp0 <--> 
/dev/pts/2Jan 13 22:46:33 localhost pppd[14177]: LCP: timeout sending 
Config-Requests Jan 13 22:46:33 localhost pppd[14177]: Connection 
terminated.Jan 13 22:46:37 localhost pppoe[14178]: Timeout waiting for PADO 
packetsJan 13 22:46:37 localhost pppd[14177]: Exit.Jan 13 22:46:37 
localhost adsl-connect: ADSL connection lost; attempting re-connection.Jan 
13 22:46:42 localhost pppd[14419]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0Jan 13 
22:46:42 localhost pppd[14419]: Using interface ppp0Jan 13 22:46:42 
localhost pppd[14419]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2Jan 13 22:47:13 
localhost pppd[14419]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Jan 13 22:47:13 
localhost pppd[14419]: Connection terminated.Jan 13 22:47:17 localhost 
pppoe[14420]: Timeout waiting for PADO packetsJan 13 22:47:17 localhost 
pppd[14419]: Exit.Jan 13 22:47:17 localhost adsl-connect: ADSL connection 
lost; attempting re-connection.Jan 13 22:47:22 localhost pppd[14676]: pppd 
2.4.1 started by root, uid 0Jan 13 22:47:22 localhost pppd[14676]: Using 
interface ppp0Jan 13 22:47:22 localhost pppd[14676]: Connect: ppp0 
<--> /dev/pts/2Jan 13 22:47:53 localhost pppd[14676]: LCP: timeout 
sending Config-Requests Jan 13 22:47:53 localhost pppd[14676]: Connection 
terminated.Jan 13 22:47:57 localhost pppoe[14677]: Timeout waiting for PADO 
packetsJan 13 22:47:57 localhost pppd[14676]: Exit.Jan 13 22:47:57 
localhost adsl-connect: ADSL connection lost; attempting re-connection.Jan 
13 22:48:02 localhost pppd[14920]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0Jan 13 
22:48:02 localhost pppd[14920]: Using interface ppp0Jan 13 22:48:02 
localhost pppd[14920]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2Jan 13 22:48:33 
localhost pppd[14920]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Jan 13 22:48:33 
localhost pppd[14920]: Connection terminated.Jan 13 22:48:37 localhost 
pppoe[14921]: Timeout waiting for PADO packetsJan 13 22:48:37 localhost 
pppd[14920]: Exit.
 
Not sure if you need this, but this is the log from 
the modem that is working:
Jan 13 22:51:55 localhost modprobe: modprobe: 
Can't locate module ppp0Jan 13 22:55:05 localhost pppd[15049]: pppd 2.4.1 
started by root, uid 0Jan 13 22:55:05 localhost pppd[15049]: Using interface 
ppp0Jan 13 22:55:05 localhost pppd[15049]: Connect: ppp0 <--> 
/dev/pts/2Jan 13 22:55:05 localhost pppoe[15050]: PPP session is 
16788Jan 13 22:55:07 localhost pppd[15049]: Remote message: CHAP 
authentication success, unit 178Jan 13 22:55:07 localhost pppd[15049]: 
local  IP address 66.156.104.94Jan 13 22:55:07 localhost pppd[15049]: 
remote IP address 66.156.104.1
 
I'm at a loss, any Ideas would be greatly 
appricitated, I need to get this working ASAP , b/c unless I send my old modem 
back soon BellSouth is going to charge me for it.  Thanks!! 

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