Re: tlug: Question about PPP

["Alan B. Stone" <stoneab@example.com>]

Michael,

One of the problems you are having is caused by AT&T using CHAP/PAP
authentication for logins.  You need to make sure you have created the
CHAP/PAP files in your /etc/ppp directories.  If you try out the AT&T
Worldnet link I mentioned earlier, you'll find the information you need.

Blaine


Michael Chiu wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone!
> 
> I just joined today, but I have just realized that I have on LINUX question
> for y'all... as a newbie to Linux and all, I was wondering if anyone knows
> how to connect Linux with PPP?
> 
> I am now using Slackware with kernel 2.0.30, and connecting to AT&T Worldnet
> Service... I thought AT&T was supposed to have good service?  They couldn't
> tell me anything... ahh.. but that's another story altogehter...
> 
> Anyways.. I have pretty much figured out that I should be connecting with
> PAP so I have a pap-secrets file ready, and I do actually get a connect to
> AT&T, but I can't seem to ping anywhere!! including AT&T...
> 
> so when I do an ifconfig ppp0, what I get is this...
> 
> ppp0      Link encap:Point-Point Protocol
>           inet addr:165.76.21.201  P-t-P:165.76.23.253  Mask:255.255.0.0
>           UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING  MTU:1524  Metric:1
>           RX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
>           TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> 
> everything looks fine to me, but does anyone have any idea why I can't ping?
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated...
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Mikio
> 
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