> Wrong passwords produce the "link is not 8-bit clean" message from pppd. > For some reason improper authentication doesn't (can't?) get reported as > such.
When chat authentication fails for any reason, the peer keeps on echoing what it receives, still hoping for a correct login. Your chat script, just blindly runs off the end and lets pppd start. The packets pppd sends are echoed by the peer with bit eight cleared, and when pppd sees this it jumps to the conclusion that the link is not eight bit clean. It would be possible to write an elaborate chat script that would recognize authentication failure, but it would have to be customized for each isp. Not worth it. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
