Newbie error... Sorry I should have entered
pon tucson-att ... using the name of the provider! 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] > >
