Hi, Thanks, but I've still not managed to make it work. Maybe I'm not doing this right. I tried it like this:
CONNECT \d\c "" ppp but that didn't work. I tried to take \d and \c out, tried to toggle quiet mode (\qppp), put ppp within quotation marks, but nothing worked. Am I missing something here? regards, Guðmundur David Wright wrote: > > Quoting Guðmundur Erlingsson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > No, I don't think that this is a problem, it didn't work before I > > changed the permission (I changed it according to the PPP-Howto, to 740) > > so there is something else going on. The thing is that ppp doesn't seem > > to start up on the server, and I have no idea how to get it started. > > Usually you have to send the command "ppp" if ppp doesn't start > automatically at the other end. Some of our systems used to require > this, and those that did did not necessarily have ppp listed in the > help output. > > You may need a delay in your chatscript between receiving CONNECT > and sending PPP. \d is it? > > > When I use minicom to dial in it just hangs up with a "NO CARRIER" > > message, although I know I have the correct phonenumber and it works > > without a hitch in win95. > > You mean the other end answers, waits, and then hangs up? Yes, that > would be a timer expiring. > > Not all systems have the sense to start ppp automatically when bombarded > with LCP packets. Don't ask me why. > > Cheers, > > -- > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 > Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA > Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify > official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com