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From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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On Wed, 1 May 1996, MATTHEW TESSAR wrote:

> I am trying to configure the user ppp on my computer.  When I entered 
> dial from the ppp ON hostname> prompt, the modem dialed and the host 
> machine answered, but just hissed, and did not connect.  Any hints??  
> Any hints in general on ppp?

Try connecting manually with the 'term' command, then dial & login 
manually.  If that works, then the configuration for your modem in 
/etc/ppp/ppp.conf is wrong.  It may be your modem and your ISP's don't 
like each other.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major