From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 19 14:33:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA28205 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 14:33:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA28194 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 14:33:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA24792; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 22:18:21 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199801192218.WAA24792@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Assem Salama cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 19 Jan 1998 09:04:01 EST." <34C35D50.2572811C@micro-net.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 22:18:21 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > 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 > -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....