Hi, I searched the web last weekend and found someone that posted a full
picture description on how to do it. It was really nice to find. Thanks
for the response. It worked like a charm.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Smith, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 10:13 AM
Subject: RE: Kppp and At&t Worldnet Setup
> Well, I'm not 100% sure how AT&T does it, but here's the info you need
> to find out from them:
>
> Domain Name Server IP Address
> Static or Dynamic IP Addressing (for your machine when it connects)
> Login type (CHAP, PAP, Console)
> UserID
> Password
>
> With that, you just have to fill in the boxes. Use -debug option in the
> ppp options (in the account setup section, choose ppp arguments) to have
> error messages logged to your syslog (less /var/log/messages to read it)
> and to let kppp tell you more about why you can't log in (sometimes it
> even gets it right and correctly identifies the problem).
>
> One problem that I have noticed is if the ISP uses NT, they can set up a
> MS-CHAP, which uses a different encryption scheme than normal CHAP, just
> to keep Unix-heads from making PPP connections to a NT machine (OK, not
> really, it's "theoretically" more secure, but this is the end result).
> There's some way to make it work, but I never tried it--just read about
> it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Metzger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 8:48 PM
> To: Eugene Linux User Group Mailing List
> Subject: Kppp and At&t Worldnet Setup
>
>
> Hi, would anyone have any suggestions for setting up Kppp with At&t
> worldnet internet service? Thanks
>
> John Metzger
>
>
