Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 18:01:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Kyle Mestery <mestery@cobber.cord.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP with a livingston portmaster Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.94.970512175918.6097A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.87.9705121804.A22930-0100000@cobber>
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On Mon, 12 May 1997, Kyle Mestery wrote: > > I am having trouble getting user PPP to work with my ISP. I am running > 2.2 built as of May 5 on a Pentium 150 with a Motorolla modem. The > problem is this: Previously with my old service provider, all I did was > login with my username and password and then type ppp and their side > started teh negotiation of the connection. Now, with my new provider, I > login with my username and password, and then I get a host: prompt. My > ISP tech people told me this is where I need to begin the ppp process. No > problem, I typed 'set openmode active' to tell my machine to start the > process. It sends 5 LCP packets to the portmaster, but none get > returned, and then it hangs up the line. This is frustrating, because my > ISP tech people told me to not use LCP. Has anyone else had similar > problems or found a solution? > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Kyle A.D. Mestery | --* POWERED BY FREEBSD *-- > 1901 20th St. S #4 | Network Support Specialist > Moorhead, MN 56560 | Concordia College, Moorhead, MN > 218-236-6359 | "My other computer runs UNIX also" -TJ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > > > Livingston Portmaster terminal servers will autodetect PPP at the login prompt (I don't think they will at the host: prompt, but I never used the host prompt). Configure ppp to use PAP for authentication, dial the number, and initiate ppp. The Portmaster will autodectect the PPP frames, and then accept your user-id and password via PAP. Tom
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