Re: PPP Dial-Up Insomnia

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From: Bill Unruh
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 00:00

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In <7c9165$kos$1@hornet.fibr.net> "Igor Raznatovic" <igi@satx.net> writes:

>For couple of days I am trying to set up my dial up account. Teh result was,
>not incouraging. For now, my modem is dialing out nicely. The school BBS was
>easy to acces. My ISP? No.

...
>the same with the GNOME ppp utility, the terminal screen showed that same
>messege minicom showed (System Password:). I called my ISP and he said that

This almost certainly means that they do NOT want you to log on, they
want ppp to start right after the CONNECT message.

See my
axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
to find out exactly what they want and how to set it up for them.
Most of the scripts are set up for login authorisation, while most ISPs
are going for PAP/CHAP authorisation.

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From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: PPP Dial-Up Insomnia
Date: 1999/03/11
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