Jason Costomiris wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 05, 2000 at 06:53:25PM -0700, SoloCDM wrote:
> : I've tried PAP and CHAP and neither of them work. The ISP is using
> : the latest version of WinNT. Somehow there must be a SUCCESSFUL way
> : of authenticating my username and password with the ISP, but I know of
> : none.
>
> I seriously doubt the ISP is using NT boxes with modems connected to them.
No they're not. The Linux boxes are receiving the connections and the NT
boxes are doing the authentication's.
> If they are, it's really time to shop for a new ISP. Really. There are
> about a million different ways that are better to handle dialup.
>
> If they are really that dumb, you'll need to use something that does
> MS-CHAP. The stock pppd in RH can be rebuilt to support MSCHAP. See
> the readme's for it.
I really don't want to delve into MS-CHAP unless it is really necessary. In
other words, if others have found it a SUCCESSFUL benefit to go that route
and it is a process readily or commonly used, then maybe it would be worth my
time.
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