Re: tlug: Turbo-Linux

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> >>>>> "Scott" == Scott Perlman <perlman@example.com> writes:
> 
>     Scott> As I still haven't gotten my laptop fully working, and I'd
>     Scott> really like a functional install for my trip to the US this
>     Scott> friday...
> 
> If you are going to be using a "global roaming" (GRIC, iPASS) setup
> for PPP when you're on the road, make sure that PPP works with
> out-of-band logins (ie, you get a "username" prompt, not PPP goulash,
> after the modem connection).  TL doesn't do that well in my
> experience.  Working it out when you don't necessarily have a net
> connection (several of my sibs use either AOHell or heavily firewalled
> corporate email) isn't pleasant.

this is a function of the chat script, which you create by keying in
'expect' and 'send' lines in turbopppcfg, or editing
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0 yourself.  I've done this, and
recently, so I know that turbopppcfg CAN do it... but, turbopppcfg needs a
few improvements, among them some form of documentation :)

> 
> This seems to be a random function of just how you tell turbopppcfg to 
> set up your PPP, but I don't know the details yet.
> 
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