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From: Sean Kelly <kelly@yarmouth>
To: mc7953@mclink.it
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	Marco Masotti on Sat, 24 Feb 1996 11:43:34 +0000)
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>>>>> "Marco" == Marco Masotti <mc7953@mclink.it> writes:

    Marco> I've been using with success the pppd package (kernel
    Marco> supported).

Good.

    Marco> Because of the lack of demand dialing capability, I'd like
    Marco> now to switch to the user ppp (aka iijppp).

Good.

    Marco> In the first place, I've tried to do a manual connection,
    Marco> by means of the term program. And soon, the half of the
    Marco> problem: when the number is dialed, the login is performed
    Marco> successfully, the ISP prompts me to "active the PPP
    Marco> software", but the PPP prompt does not switch automatically
    Marco> from lower case to upper case letters, until I give the ~p
    Marco> sequence, which is not that automatic detection is
    Marco> described in the man pages.  Worse still, attempting to
    Marco> perform the automatic procedure, my PPP software just
    Marco> hungs.

Interesting.  Before using "term", try doing

	set openmode active

    Marco> I suspect that my ISP doesn't send properly the LCP config
    Marco> request, just waiting me to do so (with the ~p command).

    Marco> Is there an option into the PPP software, that I am
    Marco> evidently missing connecting to the peer of my provider?

Possibly.  Here's my /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file.  You might want to try
part of it to see if it helps:

#
# General settings.
#
default:
 set device /dev/cuaa1
 set speed 57600
 set parity none
 disable lqr
 deny lqr
 set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" ATZ OK-AT-OK\\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT"
#
# Entry for my internet service provider:
#
my-isp:
 set phone XXXXXXX
 set openmode active
 set login "TIMEOUT 10 name>-\\r-name> MYUSERNAME word> MYPASSWD mode. \"\""

-- 
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA

(Referring to a glass of water:) I mixed this myself.  Two parts H,
one part O.  I don't trust anybody! -- Steven Wright