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Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 08:01:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>
To: Jeff Roberts <jroberts@ashland.edu>
Subject: RE: FBSD: PPP modem dialout (newbie) question? (Long -- sorry!)
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Jeff,

I feel your pain :)  See my comments mixed in below:

Patrick

On 06-Jun-97 Jeff Roberts wrote:

<snip>

>First:  I have already read the Handbook, "The Pedantic PPP Primer", the
>various FAQs;  I have also asked this question on the list before, and
>have tried each suggestion. (There were four or five responses, all saying
>different things.)  Overall, I think I have tried every combination of
>these things, but still cannot get a working connection to my provider.

Ok.

>2.  All I need to do is:
>
>Dial my provider (modem, not TCP/IP),
>Send a <CR> to start the conversation,
>Wait for "name>" and send "jroberts"<CR>,
>Wait for "word>" and send (my password)<CR>,
>Wait for "eys:"  and send "3"<CR>,
>(Normally, the juice should start flowing after that last <CR>.

Is this from windows or freebsd?

>3.  My setup (which doesn't work):
>