Date sent: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 22:11:29 -0300
From: "Jos� Albores" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Impossible to get a ppp connection.
Dear Jose,
I too had a very hard time getting a connection with my isp. I read
alot, wrote a few scripts, tried with some of the "easy" x-windows
programs like netconfig and xisp but just couldn't make it happen.
Then I heard from somewhere, MY isp expected my login to begin
with a capitol " P " ! ! In DOS and Win95 I had used
" jondowd " to login, followed by my password. What MY isp
actually needs to see is " Pjondowd " !! P as in "ppp" (?).
( I guess Win95 software automatically does add the P ).
Anyway... Try adding an uppercase P at the beginning of your
username and see if that works for you...
I'm quite new (and also frustrated with the steep L.curve) so you
might also check back and see what the more experienced say.
GOOD LUCK !
> I read 'Net-3-HOWTO', 'Ppp-HOWTO' 'Serial-HOWTO' and 'Dns-HOWTO' both in
> english and in spanish and couldn't setup my ppp connection. I tried
> later with many of the 17 Ppp-faq with same results for almost a month,
> and I am still NOT connected to my ISP. Same after posting lots of
> e-mails in different mailing lists, and I really appreciate all the
> hints I received...
> I don't understand lots of terms but of course, I'm not a 'computerist'.
> Yesterday, without knowing why or how, I could navigate with netscape
> for linux. But today -and without touching anything- again Netscape says
> that it cannot find a DNS entry...
> My two questions are:
> - Is there ONE AND JUST one file or howto or book that explains
> 'really-how-to' get connected???
> - Is this the usual learning/training curve for newest Linux users or
> just a matter of incompatibility between 'him' and me and I should stop
> this issue and go back to easier Operating Systems?!
> TIA and excuse me for my plea...
>
> --
> J.M.Albores
>
Jon Dowd - Ashland, Oregon USA
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