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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 00:01:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu>
Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD via PPP
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Assuming that the Cisco router has autodetect ppp under the async line you
are dialing into, then type ``accept pap'' within PPP before going to term
mode.  Once in term mode, dial the office, and immediately hit ~p to go
into back mode (once you get the Username: prompt).  This has worked with
me in the past, and it should cause both the Cisco router and ppp to start
talking ppp.  Another thing you can try is to enter set openmode active in
ppp.

Joe Clarke

On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, R Sriram wrote:

> 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.
> 
> 
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