Another $.02, we're almost up to a dollar here, when I connect to
earthlink my user name in KPPP has to be
entered as ELN/denkar . If I tried just denkar it won't connect. For
mail login under user name it requires only
the denkar, go figure. So if you don't have the ELN/ in front of you
login name you might give that a go.
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Dennis M. registered Linux user #180842
Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> Earthlink's DNS settings are not the same for all of their customers,
> but depend on the network that you're using. Mine are the same as Tom's,
> but my authentication setting is PAP, not CHAP. For ex-Mindspring
> customers, though, the DNS addresses, mail server, news server and other
> settings are different. All told, they've got about 7 or 8 different
> groups of settings. I just learned this when I went to the EL support
> section and did a search on "DNS".
>
> This may be totally off of the wall, but might be worth a try: When I
> first installed LM last year, I couldn't get a connection. It turned out
> that the dialler was sending M1L4 to the modem, and that ain't legal --
> the maximum value for the M parameter is 3. The modem balked. The fix
> was to edit the entry on the modem string page.
>
> My 2 cents -
> Carroll
>
> Tom Brinkman wrote:
>
>>> I have been having a hell of a time with my Mandrake 7.2 powerpack
>>> install. I have setup my modem (worked great in 7.0) with setserial,
>>> and can connect thru kppp to my isp (earthlink) but it acts as though
>>> it has no DNS (can not connect to anywhere but ppp starts) I believe
>>> I have tried every damn setting I can think of. I looked at a log
>>> that said pppd died with error 15... man pppd says somethiong about
>>> "peer not returning an echo" is this some modem setting that I am
>>> screwing up? thanks in advance
>>
>> Connecting to Earthlink can be a chore, and from what I can tell,
>> varies by location (the local number you call). Be careful of advice
>> to directly enter the DNS numbers in resolve.conf. EL use a Netscape-
>> Enterprise server that's a kissin cousin to AoL's Bu!!Sh+t. Once you
>> get good** EL DNS numbers entered into Kppp, on first good connect a
>> different set are auto written to resolve.conf
>>
>> EL DNS (mine, YMMV):
>> 207.217.77.82 and 207.217.120.83 (primary/secondary)
>> my /etc/ppp/resolve.conf:
>> nameserver 198.6.1.218
>> nameserver 198.6.100.218
>> (this is pretty standard DNS, not EL's, so you might try entering
>> these in resolv.conf)
>> my /etc/ppp/options:
>> lock
>> noauth
>> noipdefault
>> usepeerdns
>> Kppp: authentication is CHAP, dynamic IP, default gateway, domain is
>> www.earthlink.net, line termination 'cr'
>>
>> ** by good I mean: EL support (the 800 number) gave me 3 sets of bad
>> numbers before I discovered the right numbers for myself ;( and 2 days
>> before their windoze CD came in the mail.
>> --
>> Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
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