Maybe you need to turn off compression or error correction. For
I couldn't get a my zoom modem and usr modem to connect properly
so I tried turning off compression and error correction and then
it worked. I also have to do this when I talk to a very old hayes
modem. However when the usr modem calls the zoom modem
I can leave it on go figure.
Linda
-----Original Message-----
From: Syd Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: tom minchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: redhat-list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: Need Dialin Server settings that work with DUN
>I still am having problems even after doing everything mentioned in your
>cookbook. Mgetty answers, the /AutoPPP/ thing starts okay. Then all I get
>is a few handshaking signals back and forth (as indicated by the modem
>lights) and then my Windows client reports that it cannot negotiate a
common
>protocol.
>
>All in total the attempt lasts 0.5 minutes.
>
>
>Any other suggestions?
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: tom minchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: November 21, 1999 18:32 PM
>Subject: Re: Need Dialin Server settings that work with DUN
>
>
>> On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 07:26:43PM -0800, Syd Carter wrote:
>> > I try to connect to my redhat 6.0 machine and establish a PPP
connection
>but
>> > no luck. Mgetty is installed. The server answers, issues the login
and
>> > password prompts fine. However my client "Windows 95 dial up
>networking"
>> > refuses to get past the verifying username and password screen.
>Eventually
>> > I get the message "could not negotiate a protocol" (Or something like
>that).
>> >
>> > I set up my win 95 dial up networking client with an IP address and
>tcp/ip
>> > protocol, enable sw compression, Use IP Header compression, Use default
>> > gateway on remote network.
>> >
>> > I think the problem is somewhere in the settings for the pppd. Can
>someone
>> > send me the settings that worked for them.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I wrote a small cookbook on setting that kind of thing up:
>>
>> http://users.interact.net.au/~tom/mgetty.html
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>
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