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

[Rex Walters <rex@example.com>]

On Sun, May 31, 1998 at 08:41:34PM +0900, Jim Schweizer wrote:
> 
> Have you tried connecting with seyon first then switching the
> line over to ppp? It's a little old fashioned, but it will help
> you figure out what the ISP login sequence is.
> 
> It's been a while, but if I remember correctly, you dial into
> the ISP with seyon, manually enter your ppp login and passwd,
> hang up without cutting the connection, then
> 
> /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/cua0 38400 crtscts defaultroute 
> 
> should get a minimal ppp connection going. moral: doing things
> manually first can make the steps you need to take a lot clearer.

Voice of experience: if your ISP is configured for PAP authentication
only, you will never see a login prompt.  If you can connect via
minicom/seyon/kermit/whatever but don't get a login prompt (and the line
is eventually dropped) trying firing up pppd with the pap-secrets file
set up appropriately.  [Been there, don't want to go there again.]

Regards,
-- 
Rex
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