From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Sep 6 00:11:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA29245 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 6 Sep 1997 00:11:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nico.telstra.net (nico.telstra.net [139.130.204.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id AAA29238 for ; Sat, 6 Sep 1997 00:11:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by nico.telstra.net (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id RAA08567; Sat, 6 Sep 1997 17:10:10 +1000 Received: (grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id QAA21810; Sat, 6 Sep 1997 16:40:07 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19970906163953.14810@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 16:39:53 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Chuck Robey Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers Subject: Re: authentication [hase on ppp References: <19970906140518.52605@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: ; from Chuck Robey on Sat, Sep 06, 1997 at 01:28:41AM -0400 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, Sep 06, 1997 at 01:28:41AM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 05, 1997 at 11:40:57PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: >>> I am trying to get a a problem fixed on a friend's machine, who is new to >>> FreeBSD, but unable to get connected via /usr/sbin/ppp (iijppp). My own >>> connection works fine on her machine, but connecting via her provider, >>> Erols.com, disconnects while trying to get PAP done (from a reading of >>> /var/log/ppp.tun0.log). >>> >>> The funny thing is, it works fine if the connection is set up via the >>> 'term' capability. Authoentication phase comes and goes, and everything >>> connects. It's just if she does it by issuing a >>> >>> ppp >>>> dial erols >>> >>> That it goes bad. I can't figure this out ... can anyone make a >>> suggestion? >> >> This is strange, but on a hunch I suggest you put the following line >> in the entry for her ISP: >> >> set openmode active > > Good suggestion, but I tried that. She's running a snap from the last > pressing, and seeing as all the activity on ppp lately, I even tried > compiling a static ppp from my home machine (which runs current), to see > if the upgrade helped. The improvements were obvious, but not enough. > Still won't work. I don't think that this is a bug in ppp. Maybe in the way your ISP responds. It would be interesting to understand how Windows 95% boxes manage. >> It could be that the other end is waiting for her to continue, and >> somehow that works with the manual dial. > > It really feels like it might be _something_ like that, though, because > there's a strange extra (double) carriage returned required after the > password, in term mode (that makes it operate). Well, then send two \rs in the chat script and see what happens. > I think you're _very nearly_ right .... More by chance, I'd guess. I haven't seen anything like this before. Greg