diff -U4 -r ppp-2.4.4/pppd/ccp.c ppp-2.4.4+id/pppd/ccp.c
--- ppp-2.4.4/pppd/ccp.c	2005-07-09 01:23:05.000000000 +0100
+++ ppp-2.4.4+id/pppd/ccp.c	2009-06-26 23:14:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -1649,9 +1649,9 @@
 	     * We don't do that if we are still waiting for an
 	     * acknowledgement to a previous reset-request.
 	     */
 	    if (!(ccp_localstate[f->unit] & RACK_PENDING)) {
-		fsm_sdata(f, CCP_RESETREQ, f->reqid = ++f->id, NULL, 0);
+		fsm_sdata(f, CCP_RESETREQ, f->reqid = --f->id, NULL, 0);
 		TIMEOUT(ccp_rack_timeout, f, RACKTIMEOUT);
 		ccp_localstate[f->unit] |= RACK_PENDING;
 	    } else
 		ccp_localstate[f->unit] |= RREQ_REPEAT;
diff -U4 -r ppp-2.4.4/pppd/fsm.c ppp-2.4.4+id/pppd/fsm.c
--- ppp-2.4.4/pppd/fsm.c	2004-11-13 02:28:15.000000000 +0000
+++ ppp-2.4.4+id/pppd/fsm.c	2009-06-26 19:20:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@
     fsm *f;
 {
     f->state = INITIAL;
     f->flags = 0;
-    f->id = 0;				/* XXX Start with random id? */
+    f->id = 0;
     f->timeouttime = DEFTIMEOUT;
     f->maxconfreqtransmits = DEFMAXCONFREQS;
     f->maxtermtransmits = DEFMAXTERMREQS;
     f->maxnakloops = DEFMAXNAKLOOPS;
@@ -218,9 +218,9 @@
 	(*f->callbacks->down)(f);	/* Inform upper layers we're down */
 
     /* Init restart counter and send Terminate-Request */
     f->retransmits = f->maxtermtransmits;
-    fsm_sdata(f, TERMREQ, f->reqid = ++f->id,
+    fsm_sdata(f, TERMREQ, f->reqid = --f->id,
 	      (u_char *) f->term_reason, f->term_reason_len);
 
     if (f->retransmits == 0) {
 	/*
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@
 	    if( f->callbacks->finished )
 		(*f->callbacks->finished)(f);
 	} else {
 	    /* Send Terminate-Request */
-	    fsm_sdata(f, TERMREQ, f->reqid = ++f->id,
+	    fsm_sdata(f, TERMREQ, f->reqid = --f->id,
 		      (u_char *) f->term_reason, f->term_reason_len);
 	    TIMEOUT(fsm_timeout, f, f->timeouttime);
 	    --f->retransmits;
 	}
@@ -399,9 +399,9 @@
     
     default:
 	if( !f->callbacks->extcode
 	   || !(*f->callbacks->extcode)(f, code, id, inp, len) )
-	    fsm_sdata(f, CODEREJ, ++f->id, inpacket, len + HEADERLEN);
+	    fsm_sdata(f, CODEREJ, --f->id, inpacket, len + HEADERLEN);
 	break;
     }
 }
 
@@ -759,9 +759,9 @@
 
     if( !retransmit ){
 	/* New request - reset retransmission counter, use new ID */
 	f->retransmits = f->maxconfreqtransmits;
-	f->reqid = ++f->id;
+	f->reqid = --f->id;
     }
 
     f->seen_ack = 0;