Most ISP accept PAP authentication. This makes things real easy if you are running
RedHat 5.0+, because you can use a program called linuxconf.
Just type: linuxconf at the command line and a menu driven program will lead you to
the pap connection. Once in linuxconf go Networking / pppslipplip / add and add the
details as required.
Then go back to the start and go into Control Panel / Control PPP/SLIP/PLIP links
and you can start dialing. This should do it.
If you do not have linuxconf or RedHat, consider getting them. You can download
linuxconf from:
http://dns.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/
Good luck
Bernhard
James Milne wrote:
> I'm having a problem connecting to a British Telecom ISP. The issue seems
> to be centered around authentication completing, but ppp not starting.
>
> When checking the logs, I see that ipcp is timing out right at the start,
> and pppd is complaining about the connection not being 8 bit clean.
>
> When trying a manual login, sometimes there is a prompt requiring me to
> type in 'ppp', but sometimes not. It is not predictable and looks like a
> hunt group with at least 3 types of modem servers. Is there any way to use
> a variable in the expect field of chat?
>
> If anyone else has had this same issue, can you tell me how you got around it.
>
> Thanx
>
> James Milne
> UNIX SysAdmin
> (403)750-4291
>
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