Re: Configuring ppp
I'm sorry. Yes I am running pppd.
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\_ Isabelle Poueriet \_
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Q. How many Microsoft Engineers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A. None. They declare "darkness", the standard.
On 24 Jun 1999, John Hasler wrote:
> Isabelle Poueriet writes:
> > "" ATZ\R
> ^^^
>
> chat is case sensitive: '\R' does not mean the same thing as '\r'.
> Besides, you don't need a '\r' here anyway.
>
> > nameserer IP address
> ^^^^^^^^
>
> Misspelling 'nameserver' won't keep you from connecting, but it will make
> it hard to surf the net. Also, you really should have two nameservers.
>
> > next file: /etc/ppp/chatscripts/provider
>
> ?? There is no such file. Do you mean /etc/chatscripts/provider?
>
> > Here I have a line like so:
>
> > bella * mypassword
>
> That is an appropriate entry for /etc/ppp/pap-secrets, not for
> /etc/chatscripts/provider but you don't need it as you are not using PAP.
>
> > Please help.
>
> You have not told us what command you are running (I'm guessing you are
> just typing 'pppd').
>
> In any case, this is all a waste of time. Put ppp back the way it was by
> reinstalling ppp with 'dpkg -i ppp' and run pppconfig. You will then be
> able to bring up a ppp connection with 'pon' and stop it with 'poff'.
> --
> John Hasler
> john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
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>
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