From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 13 00:16:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA05810 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 13 May 1997 00:16:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA05803 for ; Tue, 13 May 1997 00:16:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (localhost.lan.awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA20491; Tue, 13 May 1997 07:56:08 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199705130656.HAA20491@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: Tom Samplonius cc: Kyle Mestery , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP with a livingston portmaster In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 12 May 1997 18:01:00 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 07:56:08 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > 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. Grab the sources 'till the 12th (or at least end-of-play on the 9th). Lots of changes were made that may help. > Tom > > -- Brian , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....