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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeeder.servtech.com!news1.io.org!van-bc!nntp.portal.ca!news From: Christoff Snijders <hjcs@portal.ca> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Conn. with ISP: The Outcome Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 10:53:25 +0000 Organization: Client of Intenet Portal Services Lines: 44 Message-ID: <3164FBA5.446B9B3D@portal.ca> References: <4jvggt$c92@thoth.portal.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: d183.portal.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) Christoff Snijders wrote: > > Apologies in advance if this is all old hat to everyone on the > newsgroup, but I am having terrible difficulty connecting to my ISP > using ppp. > > The documentation doesn't seem to provide an explanation of the (syntax > of the) login script (set login), and when I use the default, it seems > to connect for a few seconds, and then drops the line. I've gotten ppp > to report that login is ok (by substituting my username and password for > the "ppp" entries), but the line drops nevertheless, and, while > connected, I can't seem to establish a connection between chimera (ports > collection) and ppp. > > My ISP has refused to give me any information on the unix side, and has > offered to fix the problem for me at $95 an hour. Am I just being > stupid? Or is it time to find another ISP? > > I think I have all the address information I need (name server > addresses, the fact that the server assigns my IP address, etc.)--it's > just a question of configuring it all. > > Can anyone offer any suggestions? Many thanks to Roy Wood and Sean Kelly for their help and suggestions. I thought I would post a message to advise all of the outcome. I'm now pretty sure it comes down to nothing more than bloody-mindedness on the part of my ISP--all that was required (which I discovered after many hours of configuring and reconfiguring) was to enable pap authentication (I could kick myself, I know). If you're reading this message, not only is my Internet connection working, but Netscape News, too! Thanks to everyone for their help in solving this problem. -- Christoff Snijders hjcs@portal.ca