Re: ppp dial up script problems

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From: Graham Daveney
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 00:00

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Richard Ashton (ashtons@ans.com.au) wrote:
: Hello all,

: I am trying to set up my linux box for dial out ppp connection to my
: ISP, my providor has dynamic IP allocation and does not prompt me for
: login or password,

You know thats strange. Every system that I have dialed into using ppp had a
set of prompts going. Are you certain that when you dial into your isp using
minicom that there arent prompts like 

login:
password:

and things like that ?

: i have set up my modem and tested it using minicom
: and it connects ok (the pc speaker makes pretty sounds etc),
: then i see garbage on the screen, so this is working.

Yep,
you'll see garbage on the screen in minicom when the other side is trying to
get ppp happening.

: When i try to connect using pppd my log says that connect script has
: failed. I have heard that a script for this type of ISP is easy but
: I have no experience, could anyone help me with this ?
: maybe a sample script or something would be nice. HELP!!

The sample scripts that come with ppp version 2.2.0f which seems to be the
standard now are pretty straight forward. 

Try investigating more with minicom to find out what your isp is expecting
from your end.

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From: daveney@altus.speednet.com.au (Graham Daveney)
Subject: Re: ppp dial up script problems
Date: 1996/12/04
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