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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!feed1.news.erols.com!news From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ppp + pppd connect problems Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 19:48:32 +0000 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 40 Message-ID: <3290BD90.485B@www.play-hookey.com> References: <1996Nov18.231552.1483@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) Breed wrote: > > I set up the user process and kernel level ppp. It dials in fine, logs > in fine, then disconnects me with no message other than > "can't open file /etc/ppp.secrets" > for ppp and no debug message for pppd. > So I tried dialing in with ppp using the term command. I log in, ppp > starts then when it says "packet mode" I get hung up on. > My ISP isn't going to let me look at the connection logs, so I was > wondering if anyone will point me to any configuration settings/files > I could tweak. First RT Handbook on both versions of PPP. There's quite a bit of stuff there, and the two versions work differently. Second, all of the configuration files and stuff need to be in /etc/ppp , not just in /etc. For pppd, the necessary file is /etc/ppp/options , with a few peripheral files as well. I use pppd for my site's connection to my ISP, and have no trouble with it. My dialup chat script does all the modem work up to and including the username and password entries for my ISP. Since you are not keeping a connection past the logon attempt, I would suggest you start by attempting a manual login to your ISP. Pay particular attention to the exact prompts your ISP sends, and its responses to your username and password. Verify that you are using the correct case for all characters, and that no characters are rejected or misinterpreted for any reason. Remember, if your login fails, no matter what the reason, your ISP will drop the connection in seconds. If this succeeds, check your chat script against the actual strings you saw. If it fails, find out what was wrong and make the appropriate corrections. -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |