Re: Still on install
--- Sidney Brooks <sidneybrooks@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
> > Sidney Brooks wrote:
> >
> > > >> 1. I can get two dialers, kppp and
> > ppp[config/pon/poff], to dial,
> > > >> but they do not authenticate. The kppp log
> > says:
> > > >>
> > > >> The system is required to authenticate itself
> > but I cannot find
> > > >> any suitable secret (password) for it to use
> to
> > do so. (None of
> > > >> the available passwords would let it use an
> IP
> > address).
> >
> > "apt-get install minicom", and then use it to
> verify
> > that your
> > username/password is working on the server. This
> > won't allow you to
> > start a ppp session, but it should allow you to
> > verify that your
> > username/password is working. If it doesn't, then
> > triple-check that
> > you're using the right username/password.
> >
> > You might also have to reconfigure pppconfig for
> > CHAP instead of PAP, etc.
> >
> > --
>
> There is no doubt that I am using the correct
> username
> and password. I can read them in
> /etc/ppp/pap-secrets.
>
> My ISP specifies PAP not CHAP.
>
> I have used pppconfig/pon/poff in earlier versions
> of
> Debian without trouble.
> I am using kppp sucessfully now in RedHat.
>
> The question is why neither will authenticate even
> though both dial properly and I can hear a response
> from my ISP. Debian must have some quirk that I am
> unaware of.
>
> Let me end by expressing my appreciation for your
> interest and help.
> >
>
>
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