On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 03:08:11PM -0700, Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct. wrote: > When dialing up my ISP in an interactive mode providing user name and > password I get a third prompt with the prompt message "AiiNET". So now > I get 3 prompts: "user name", "password", and "AiiNET" where before I > just got the 2 prompts "user name" and "password". The ISP would not > help saying that they don't support Linux. The ISP has a monopoly out > here is rural Alberta, Canada. Since there are some very experienced > people on the list maybe someone has run into this third prompt. As I > said, it is a relatively new prompt which does not always occur (and I > have a somewhat clumsy work-around). Has anyone else run into this > situation where the "AiiNET" prompt occurs during manual dial up? In the > following paragraph I provide more detail.
I've never seen an "AiiNET" prompt. What is the required response? > > I use a package called "minicom" on a Linux machine running Slackware > which is my lan gateway machine to the Internet via dial up to my ISP. I > don't think "minicom" is a debian package (but it may be by some other > name).. Minicom is a normal debian package. > I am gradually migrating my lan Linux machines over to Debian > but still have to maintain this Slackware unit until I can get a fast > Internet connection and the switch or router will head end everything. Why? What can Slackware do that Debian can't? You don't need a fast internect connetion to run Debian. > I am not sure if the question is about minicom or about the ISP. When > the dial up connection is lost minicom is not evoked and so Linux > brings up the connection automatically. I don't understand what you're saying here. > Initially using minicom basically sets up the dial up modem and > thereafter all interaction with the ISP is automatic. So when it is > automatic I don't really know the details of the interaction. You should only need to use minicom to set up a modem once ever (unless you need to reprogram it again later). You should be able to set up pppconfig to issue whatever connection strings you need. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
