John, I hope you don't mind if I jump on this thread. I made the same mistakes and now I need help!
I followed RunningLinux... I also used wvdial (and that works, dialing up to AT&T here in Tucson, AZ). However, I need to dial other ISPs (this is a portable). And they did not work with wvdial. So, I decided to take a different path. I removed PPP and then reinstalled ppp and pppconfig. I ran pppconfig and created a profile. Then I ran pon, I hear the dialtone, but it does not try to dial. plog reports: [...] expect (phone) alarm Failed Connect script failed abort on (BUSY) abort on (NO CARRIER) abort on (VOICE) abort on (NO DIALTONE) send (ATDT<put^M) expect (phone) The script just cycles. Any thoughts? Thanks -- Randy On 07 Jul 2001 11:31:32 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Glenn Becker writes: > > I've installed ppp and pppconfig from my potato CDs,... > > Actually, you already had them installed. > > > ...and was following instructions I found in -Running Linux-,... > > A mistake. > > > "The remote system is required to authenticate itself but I couldn't find > > any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so. (None of the > > available passwords would let it use an IP address)." > > Do you have a defaultroute pointing to the NIC you use for DSL? In any > case, undo whatever -Running Linux- told you to do (simplest way is to > purge and reinstall ppp). Then run pppconfig as root, follow instructions, > and try to connect with pon. If you have trouble, run plog and post the > output. > -- > John Hasler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, Wisconsin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
