Re: ppp mystery

[Gil Elad <gilelad@netvision.net.il>]

Hello again.

1. I tried connecting using Minicom at different speeds ranging from 19 to 
38 kbps without success.
2. RTS/CTS hardware compression is enabled.
3. the characters " \d\c" were already in the chatscript before I started 
fiddling with it.
4. my modem is a USR 56k external faxmodem, not a winmodem.

One thing I did notice when reading the pppconfig man page is that support 
for mschap is not yet available, at least not in the version I'm using, 
which is the one that came on the distribution CDs. I don't know how 
relevant that information is, since everywhere I look in Windows seems to 
indicate that it authenticates itself using PAP, but for some reason I have 
an inherent mistrust in M$. I guess I'm just funny that way :)
Any more ideas and information will be welcome.
Thanks,

Gil Elad



At 09:30 14/03/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> You might want to check your ppp options file and make sure you are using
> hardware handshaking. The relevant option is crtscts.
>
> Ernest Johanson
> Web Systems Administrator
> Fuller Theological Seminary
>
>
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Gil Elad wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 16:47:58 +0200
> > From: Gil Elad <gilelad@netvision.net.il>
> > To: Jimmy Richards <linuxrh@home.com>
> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: ppp mystery
> >
> > I've just tried CHAP with no success. The result was exactly the same. I
> > probably should have added in my original message that Windows connects
> > using PAP.
> >
> >
> >
> > At 06:45 14/03/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Hello There,
> > >
> > >Don't know if I can help much. But I was wondering if you have tried
> > >using both 'PAP'
> > >and 'CHAP' login protocols when you tryo to connect? If you've been
> > >trying with PAP,
> > >then try CHAP and se what happens.
> > >
> > >Hope that helps somehow and good luck,
> > >
> > >Jimmy Richards
> > >
> > >
> > >On 14 Mar 2001 15:28:31 +0200, Gil Elad wrote:
> > > > Hi everyone.
> > > >
> > > > I'm completely new to both Linux and Debian so please forgive my 
> stupidity.
> > > > I've been trying for the past few weeks to connect to my ISP with no
> > > > success using both pppconfig and wvdial.
> > > > While both succeed in getting connected at a reasonable speed (49.3 
> kbps)
> > > > neither can get passed the authentication stage. I seem to get 
> gibberish
> > > > instead of a login prompt (a series of '[' and 'c' characters 
> mostly) and
> > > > both programs don't know what to do with it. It seemed to me at first
> > > as if
> > > > there's too much noise on the line, so I tried to connect at slower
> > > speeds,
> > > > but that didn't work.
> > > > Attached are both the chatscript and the output from plog.
> > > > The absolutely most irritating thing about this whole business, 
> though, is
> > > > that windows connects like clockwork every time at 49.2 kbps.
> > > > any help at all will be appreciated.
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> >