Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 22:46:04 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: drose@awav.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Still no go Message-ID: <199701030546.WAA00510@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970102132511.237c-100000@localhost> References: <1.5.4.32.19961231000604.0066caa8@awav.net> <Pine.BSI.3.94.970102132511.237c-100000@localhost>
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On Mon, 30 Dec 1996, David Rose wrote:
% I'm still dead in the water with 'user ppp' connecting through my
% providers Ascend Max200. I called my ISP provider and all he could
% tell me is that it will not prompt for username or password. I have
% FreeBSD and Windows95 both on this machine and Windows95 will connect
% though this Server/Router. He did say that it uses PAP to
% authenticate and I have tried PAP without any luck. Apparently, I'm
% doing something wrong but I'm not sure what.
Try the following in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf:
your-isp:
enable pap
accept pap
set authname your-username
set authkey your-password
set openmode active
set phone 9999999
set ifaddr ....
This will tell your ppp to use pap authentication and to start the
conversation itself.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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