Re: linux and PAP

["Carlo U. Segre" <segre@charlie.acc.iit.edu>]

On Wed, 1 May 1996, Tim 'Death before Decaf' Sailer wrote:

> The powers that be here at BNL just changed our dialin setup from a
> NetBlazer, to a Cisco/USR managed modem bank, and it supports PAP.
> Now, never having set Linux up as a client, just as a server, I've
> stumbled my way around for a few hours, and can't seem to figure
> out what I'm doing wrong. If anyone has done this, *please* let
> me take a look at your ppp config..
> 

As I promised earlier, here is the options file I have used to get 
through the PAP at IIT.  Obviously, I have changed the passwords but we 
do not use a user name.

I am still having a problem with occasional disconnects due to my 
machine's PPP not receiving responses for four acknowledgements in a 
row.  I don't know if this is due to a hardware problem with my no-name 
brand 14,400 modem or if there is something wrong at IIT or if kerneld is 
just terminating things after a minute of inactivity.  I will continue to 
investigate and keep you updated.

Carlo


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I have removed the commented-out options and informative standard 
comments to save space...

Note that the password and user name are in the file called 
/etc/ppp/pap-names which contains two lines, the first with the user name 
and the second with the password.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# /etc/ppp/options
# 
# $Id: options,v 1.3 1996/01/31 21:26:00 alvar Exp $
# 
/dev/ttyS1
38400
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/chatscript"
disconnect "chat -- \d+++\d\c OK ath0 OK"
asyncmap 0
crtscts
defaultroute
modem
netmask 255.255.255.0
passive
proxyarp
lcp-echo-interval 30
lcp-echo-failure 10

# Obsolete PAP method, but I think that this is how IIT's system works
# In fact, I am sure since it works!
+ua /etc/ppp/pap-names