I am not an at&t customer, but i heard somewhere that they use "chap" in lieu of PAP, furthermore, I beleive they wrote their own script for linux users which replaces your ppp-go,chat,options,hosts.conf file in PERL...maybe call their tech support? Hope this helps ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Dave Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 10:24 PM Subject: need PPP chat script for WorldNet or for any good ISP >I've just installed Red Hat Linux 5.0, and I'm trying to connect to my AT&T >WorldNet account using PPP. The problem seems to be in the PPP chat >script. Does anyone have a working chat script for WorldNet, or know how I >should go about making one? If not, does anyone have a working chat script >for any good ISP that's available in New York City? I'd been thinking of >switching from WorldNet to another service anyway. > >Here's what I've tried: > >My modem connects, but when I try to ping one of my domain name servers, >ping says "sendto: Network is unreachable". > >I checked /var/log/messages, and I noticed that chat said "Failed", and >pppd said "Connect script failed". > >By following the advice in the Red Hat PPP-Tips document, I got the chat >command to log its conversation with WorldNet in /var/log/messages. I >noticed that WorldNet sends a line that says "Please sign-on:". I tried >having the script send my username in response, but that just caused >WorldNet to send several long lines of garbage before disconnecting. (I >tried this several times, and it did the same thing each time.) > >I thought this might have something to do with the PAP authentication I've >seen mentioned in various places, though I don't know whether WorldNet uses >PAP. I tried creating an interface with PAP selected, and this resulted in >the "Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean" error. I gather from the PPP >HOWTO that this often means the chat script is incorrect. > >Benjamin Geer (using Dave Kaplan's email account) >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-- > PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! >http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe" as the Subject. > -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
