>
> Well, here are more details. The problem system is using using RH6.1 and pppd
> 2.3.10. The system that works right is RH6.0 w/ pppd 2.3.7. Does anyone know
> of any bugs in the newer version of pppd?
>
I am running RH61 w/kernel 2.2.15-2.5.0 (from rh62beta) with ppp 2.3.11-1
and I dont see these problems.
> To re-cap, I can connect to remote systems using minicom, so the modem is not
> the problem. I get the following error when I try to use ppp.
>
> /usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system (bis) is required to authenticate
> itself but
> I
> /usr/sbin/pppd: couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to
> use to
> do so.
> bis: pppd failure at 04:09PM Thu Mar 16, 2000
>
The remote system is NOT required to authenticate itself, you are.
Do you have anything in your PAP/CHAP files in /etc/ppp?
I can send you copies of my chat/ppp scripts minus critical info for you
to test out. Have you run linuxconf to set up your ppp?
Henri
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