Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 22:18:21 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Assem Salama <salama@micro-net.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP Message-ID: <199801192218.WAA24792@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Jan 1998 09:04:01 EST." <34C35D50.2572811C@micro-net.com>
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> I set up a PPP server and everything works fine. The problem is
> Windows95 doesn't seem to cooperate with my PPP link. In the Dial-UP
> networking, if I specify that it is to bring up the terminal screen
> after dialing and I enter the username and password manually, it works.
> When I don't do that and enter the username and password in the text
> fields at the connect screen, it doesn't work (when I run 'watch' on my
> UNIX, it shows garbled characters).
> Any help would be appreciated.
You need to use PAP or CHAP on the FreeBSD end if you want those
fields on the Win95 box to mean anything. This is different
from login(1) style authentication where you need to either get the
terminal after dialing or to install the plus pack and create
yourself a dial script.
> Thanks,
> Assem Salama
>
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Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
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