Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 11:28:05 +0800 From: R Sriram <rsriram@krdl.org.sg> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Installing FreeBSD via PPP Message-ID: <35FC8D44.9286719A@krdl.org.sg>
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Hi, Here's the scenario... I tried installing FreeBSD on my home PC through PPP. I dial in to my company and have to authenticate myself using PAP. Here's where weird things happen. When I dial in, I am connected directly to the organizations's CISCO router, which presents me with a "Username:" prompt. Authentication through this WILL NOT work. Instead, I have to start LCP locally, and authenticate myself using PAP. This is the only way I can authenticate myself. (Which, BTW, took a hell of a lot of tweaking in my current Linux installation). Here's what I did. Boot using the FreeBSD boot disk, go to the part where I need to dial in. set AuthName <my_user_name> set AuthKey <my_password> set log local set phone <my_isp's_phone_number> enable ppp term (starts the terminal) ~ATDT <phone_number> At this point, the modem dials out, and I connect to my office. The problem here is that even though I enabled ppp using the "enable ppp" command, I get the router's "Username:" prompt (which can't be used anyway), and PAP authentication doesn't even start. Is there any way I could override the output from the remote machine, and tell my PC to start LCP / PAP irrespective of what the remote server says? Thanks for any help. Regards, R Sriram, Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore. ____________________________________________________________ BTW: FreeBSD *ROCKS*. It beats other PC OSes hollow. I installed it on my office PC, and it *BLOWS* Linux / windoze to bits. Compilation simply RIPS through, X windows is terrifically fast, networking is really industrial strength, and stability is legendary. A complete kernel rebuild took just 3 minutes on my P-II/266 - compared with the 10 minutes for a Linux recompilation. Thanks a ton for this tremendous OS. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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