Re: [expert] mandrake 7 probs revisited

[ptah]

Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS wrote:

> I just installed Mandrake 7 yesterday. I cant get pppd to work. It states
> something like "The remote computer is requested to authenicate itself
> I however am unable to supply [secret] password to get an IP address"
>
> something like this. This does not change whether I am Root, or user.
> Actually if from a terminal window I type "pppd" I get the same response.
>
> I installed as low security, tried to change to medium security, no difference
>

use netconfig to setup your gateway information (should be nothing there), unless

you are masquerading from another machine and if that is the case supply
that IP address.