Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 07:56:08 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: Kyle Mestery <mestery@cobber.cord.edu>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP with a livingston portmaster Message-ID: <199705130656.HAA20491@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 May 1997 18:01:00 PDT." <Pine.NEB.3.94.970512175918.6097A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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> On Mon, 12 May 1997, Kyle Mestery wrote:
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> > 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?
> >
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> > Kyle A.D. Mestery | --* POWERED BY FREEBSD *--
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> > Moorhead, MN 56560 | Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
> > 218-236-6359 | "My other computer runs UNIX also" -TJ
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> 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
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