Re: tlug: diald (was: mouse fixed; now what about email)

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Sun, 31 May 1998, Jonathan Byrne wrote:

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Standlee and Family <e-w.standlee@example.com>
> 
> 
> >Yuck. And the info pages on the server are only in Japanese
> and don't
> >mention TCP/IP and ppp through anything but Win95, and Mac.
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, that's a common problem, since Windows and
> MacOS both apparently automatically detect the
> authentication type and act appropriately.  I hope that
> Linux will someday do the same.  Most ISPs do not put
> information about their authentication on their web sites,
> but if you call them and ask them, they should tell you.

Windows 95 will do autoPPP through PAP, but I don't believe it will
negotiate CHAP automatically.  Most ISPs seem to use PAP though, or
nothing.

> 
> If they won't, I would suggest trying PAP first, and if that
> doesn't work but everything else is set right on your
> system, try CHAP.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Jonathan
> 
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