From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 15 17:32:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF34737B403 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2001 17:32:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (ryan@localhost) by ren.sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA24450; Sun, 15 Jul 2001 18:32:09 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 18:32:09 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: y2kgod@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help! In-Reply-To: <7c.1882166d.288375d6@aol.com> Message-ID: Organization: SaskNow Technologies [www.sasknow.com] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG y2kgod@aol.com wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > Ok, I'm having trouble with my PPP connection. In the log it says this: > > Chat: Expect timeout > Warning: Chat script failed > Disconnected!! > > HELP!!!!!! We'll need some more information to solve this problem for you. Below are some general strategies, and questions that you should answer with your next reply, if this information doesn't help you solve the problem. The chat script (script that automatically negotiates your username/ password with the ISP's dial-in server on the other end) was expecting a response from the server that it didn't receive. This has a few possible causes: 1) The chat script is incorrect. Perhaps it was expecting login: (or ogin:), but the server sent "username:" instead. Check carefully and ask your ISP--maybe they have an existing chat script that you can use. 2) Your ISP is having trouble, or there is trouble with the physical connection, resulting in data loss and timeouts while negotiating your PPP session. 3) You have the wrong phone number, area code, country code prefix, etc, and the chat script is attempting to negotiate a dial-up login with a recorded message from your telco ("The number you have dialed...") Make sure you leave your modem speaker on while testing. :-) Most likely, it is #1, but you better make sure #3 and #2 are looked after first, in that order, or you have no way to verify #1. If you make it that far, send us your chat script, and send us a terminal log of one of the unsuccessful connections. Also, you didn't tell us whether this: a) has always been the case with this ISP? b) worked fine under identical configuration until now? c) came as the result of a new installation/config changes? Hope this helps - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message