in the file, /etc/ppp/options add the word (without the quotes) "noauth" to 
not request that the server offer its secret(or passphrase) back to your 
computer. this is actually something that unix (and linux) does because it is 
a network OS, and most isp have set to use w/ M$ products


On Wednesday 22 August 2001 22:07, Les Jacobson wrote:
> After finally getting Mandrake Linux 8.0 to talk with my modem, I have
> tried to connect to my ISP.  I am able to do so via windows but when I
> try via KPPP I get an error code (19) which seems to indicate that there
> is some sort of authentication issue.
>
> One person has suggested that this is due to some "magic" that windows
> 95, 98, NT and 2000 do but which Windows 3.1 and Linux do not do.
>
> Another person has suggested it might be an SSL issue.
>
> My ISP is quixnet.net. To the best of my knowledge (and ability) all of
> the required data has been set to the correct values (including userid
> and password).
>
> Can someone please shed some light on this situation?
>
> Thanks

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