Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 08:27:47 -0600 (CST) From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> To: FREEBSD-NEWBIES ML <FREEBSD-NEWBIES@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Alex Davidson <alexd@idcomm.com> Subject: Re: PPP Message-ID: <XFMail.981027082747.conrads@neosoft.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19981027084815.00901860@spectre.honk.org>
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On 27-Oct-98 Martin Poulin wrote: > Are you sure that your ISP uses a login script? > Some of them use only PAP or CHAP authentication - password > information is sent with the modem handshaking. > > The reason I suspect this is because there is no login prompt when > you dial up using term. Term should echo to you anything that > the ISP modem is sending - therefore if they are sending a login > prompt, you should see it on your screen. If you're not seeing > it, chances are they aren't sending it. > > Read up in the handbook on PAP and CHAP and see if that doesn't > resolve it. That's very likely what's happening. Fortunately, doing a PAP or CHAP login is actually much easier than a chat-scripted login. All you have to do is include the commands "set authname <username>" and "set authkey <password>" in ppp.conf. And either comment out or delete altogether the "login" line. Good luck! -- Conrad Sabatier Think of your family tonight. Try to crawl home after the computer crashes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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