Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 12:36:21 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: MALCOLM BOFF <Malcolm_Boff@compuserve.com> Cc: danny <dannyman@arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PPP and Compuserve Message-ID: <199803071236.MAA10097@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 Mar 1998 08:42:41 EST." <199803040843_MC2-357B-A4F2@compuserve.com>
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> > > Malcolm: > > > > Have you exhausted http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/ppp16.html#16 ? > > > > dan > > Yes, although there are slight differences in the script > in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf ie 'predl' was not supported at > 2.2.2-RELEASE also I have buttoned out the Hayes M0 code > so I can hear what the modem is doing if anything. > > The response is as follows :- > sylmex> ppp > Can' open /etc/ppp/secret > Warning: No password entry for this host in ppp.secret > Warning: All manipulation is allowed by anyone in the world > Log level is 281 > Using interface: tun0 > Interactive mode. You may want to upgrade from http://www.FreeBSD.org/~brian. > ppp ON sylmex > dial provider > Dial attempt 1 of 10 > Phone: (0845) 0800 1000 > dial OK! > login failed You need chat logging. With the latest version, you can `set log local chat'. > ppp ON sylmex > Packet mode. > ppp ON sylmex > close > ppp ON sylmex > quit all > > There are some pequliarities with Compuserve in that > the login is 2 numerics seperated by a comma and the > password must have a special character in it somewhere > and in my case this is 2 words seperated by a 'space' > I don't know what 'ppp' will do about this !! Either quote the string (you have to escape the quotes - see the latest man page) or use the `\s' sequence (again, see the latest man page). > Malcolm G. Boff > Sylmex Ltd. -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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