RE: kppp and pon (provider)
This information here is somewhat dated, but maybe it will
give you a clue. Your symptoms sound quite famaliar, and
are very similar to a common complaint in Corel Linux when
it came out. Corel Linux used KPPP as its default dialer.
The problem is in the way KPPP and the default pppd program
supplied with Debian is configured. KPPP will use SOME of
the pppd config files, but not all. Specifically, it relies
upon the /etc/ppp/options file, but will not use any of the
/etc/ppp/options.XXXX files, nor does it use the "provider"
constructs. KPPP will keep its config info in a separate
file in your home directory.
The standard pppd as supplied by Debian comes with a rather
"generic" /etc/ppp/options file that includes the "AUTH"
option. This option requires the remote computer to
authenticate itself to your computer, and most ISPs will not
do this, causing the link to break after this times out.
This was the "problem" in using KPPP with Corel Linux.
The "fix" was to edit the /etc/ppp/options file and change
any "AUTH" entry to "NOAUTH". Several reported success with
just commenting out this option, but I didn't have much luck
with doing that here.
Doing this edit will impair the security of your Debian box
when acting as a "dial-in" ppp server, but if you don't use
it in this manner nothing much will happen except KPPP
"might" work then. This might be something you want to
check out....
Cheers,
-Don Spoon-
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