> 1. Have you made ppp connections to this ISP from some other computer?
How?
Nope have not but when i use windows hypertermal this is what i get
PSINet
Login:surf/debian
Password:
Entering PPP Mode.
IP address is 38.27.247.238
MTU is 1500.
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> 2. Have you attempted to connect to this ISP using minicom? If so, at what
> point in the connection process do you get the ppp "line noise" response?
no, i have not used minicom; it freezes up just after it initizis my modem,
it get to the point where it says Contral + A-Z for help, or something like
that
> 3. How does your ISP expect to authenticate? Your logs say that you have
> chat (or whatever dialer Debian uses) returning control to pppd as soon as
> it gets the CONNECT message from the modem. This is fine if the ISP uses
PAP
> or CHAP to authenticate, but not if it expects a userid and password
before
> starting ppp.
I am trying to use pon cause Wvdialer does not detect my modem, and it uses
PAP, from what they told me.
> The import of these is: do you know that the ISP supports ppp? If yes, do
> you know that it supports ppp connections by way of userid/password
> authentication (rather than PAP or CHAP)?
Anything more info you need i will get, oh and i did try changeing out my
modem and that did not help.
