From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 7 23:31:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA28309 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 7 May 1996 23:31:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA28304 for ; Tue, 7 May 1996 23:31:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id XAA00585; Tue, 7 May 1996 23:32:05 -0700 Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 23:32:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "freyes@i-2000.com" cc: FreeBSD questions mailing list Subject: Re: [Q] Connecting to provider In-Reply-To: <199605080056.UAA08912@i-2000.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 7 May 1996, Francisco Reyes wrote: > I have gone over all the configuration files listed in the > documentation. I get PPP to dial my provider. It seems to connect, but > after a few seconds it drops the connection. Someone mentioned in a > post some time back that he had problems with his ISP because the > security protocol(?). While looking at the man page for PPP I noticed > they mentioned PAP and CHAP. Are these supported at the same time or is > there a an option to alternate? I haven't been able to find anything in > the man page on how to indicate which one to use. > > Also is there any way to troubleshoot the connection with the ISP? it > seems there is a way to tell PPP to display its progress, but I haven't > figured it out yet. Try enabling some of the logging functions. (I assume you are using user mode ppp) They may tell you what is failing. 'set debug xxxx' Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major