On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Obi wrote: > hello, > > I'm trying to setup my linux box to connect to earthlink, but with no luck. > I've done that quite a few times with different ISPs, but this time I cannot > set it up. > > It works fine under windows98, but under linux no. This is the important part > of the log: > Mar 17 15:08:08 harp pppd[1139]: Using interface ppp0 > Mar 17 15:08:08 harp pppd[1139]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem > Mar 17 15:08:39 harp pppd[1139]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests > Mar 17 15:08:39 harp pppd[1139]: Connection terminated. > Mar 17 15:08:39 harp pppd[1139]: Hangup (SIGHUP) > > Should I set some CHAP/PAP things? Can you help? > > thanks > graziano >
I'm a "happy" Earthlink customer and when I set up my connection with them I found that the prompt strings that they use are a little different from the default, etc. I'm not at home now so I can't remember exactly what they are. Also I'm using diald, but this should make no difference. How I solved the problem was by using minicom to manually dial the modem and then look at the prompt strings that Earthlink sends out. If I recall correctly the 'login' and 'user' prompt strings are a little different than the default. Once I changed these in the diald connect file (the 'expect' script) it worked great. Hope this helps...
