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Article #325Re: ppp dial up script problems
From: Evers Ding
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 00:00
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Richard Ashton 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, 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. > 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!! > > Thanks, Richard Ashton. Check out: http://203.29.72.65/other/rhtips/ppp/ppp-tip.html I used what's on that page and it has worked like a charm. Especially cool is that you can monitor the stuff by doing a "tail -f /var/log/messages" while the connection is being made. Evers
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,9ba6e83f39d553ce X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: f9b51,9ba6e83f39d553ce X-Google-Attributes: gidf9b51,public X-Google-Thread: 10669a,9ba6e83f39d553ce X-Google-Attributes: gid10669a,public From: Evers Ding <eding@connectinc.com> Subject: Re: ppp dial up script problems Date: 1996/12/04 Message-ID: <32A600A6.7EA1@connectinc.com> X-Deja-AN: 202393291 references: <32A56800.7EAC@ans.com.au> to: " ashtons@ans.com.au" <"Richard Ashton"> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Connect Inc. mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.setup x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u)