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From: vijay konkimalla <vijay.konkimalla@ed.atl.sita.int>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PPP Under AT&T Worldnet anyone have a way to set it up.
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 11:44:23 -0400
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Tim White wrote:
[..deleted..]
>   On a related note my configuration based on the above worked fine until
>  recently..now when I dial worldnet I get connected and immediately get
>  shut  out. By running 'term' and dialing the modem number by hand and
>  then entering my account number I get right in no problems. Could AT&T
>  haver changed their modem configuration? Nothing on this end changed.
>  With the term method I do not even enter my password..just the account
>  number and boom they connect me. Methinks it's in the chat script..
>  just been too busy to debug.

I ran into this problem. I noticed that they have changed the
prompt. By commenting out the line
 set login ...
in the "worldnet:" section it works fine.

I am able to connect w/o any problems.

Hope that helps,

vijay
(vijayk@ed.atl.sita.int)