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Re: Out of ideas with ppp



On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Daniel Martin at cush wrote:

> Jeff Gutliph <mr_g@bellsouth.net> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've been trying to get PPP to work by following the PPP How-To. I
> > called my ISP and got the required info. When I asked about PAP they
> > didn't seem to know what I was talking about. So, I assume they don't
> > use PAP. 
> <snip>> 
> > Connect NAS45ATL-N line 3
> > User Access Verification
> > Username:
> > Password:
> > 
> 
> You seem to have figured out what needs to be done to start up ppp on
> your ISP - why don't you try the supplied debian pon and poff
> commands?  You need to change /etc/ppp.chatscript to suit your needs,
> (change the phone number, user name, and password - don't forget to
> change the "ogin" to "name") and then try "pon" as root.  You can then
> turn ppp off with "poff", and can add any user you want to be able to
> turn ppp on and off to the "dip" group.  You may want to check that
> the device listed in /etc/ppp.options_out is correct.  (but I think it
> is /dev/ttyS1 by default)
> 
> I suspect that the problem you're seeing may be caused by not putting
> a "noipdefault" option into the line that starts pppd  (I think that
> the HOWTO assumes that this option is already in the /etc/ppp/options
> file) - in any case, though, the debian commands are easier, and
> /etc/ppp.options_out has sensible defaults for most dialup ppp users.

What version of ppp are you using - the options change when you upgrade
to hamm.  Also, for figuring out problems, look at the log of message
that pppd produces.  try using

tail -f /var/log/messages

This should help you figure out what your isp doesn't (or does) like.

Mark
blunie@concentric.net



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