Date: 21 Jan 2001 09:12:15 -0800 From: Steve M <slavik944@metconnect.com> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: How do I troubleshoot a PPP/PAP/chat connection? Message-ID: <20010121171215.20493.cpmta@c004.sfo.cp.net>
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Since I havent gotten any responses to my first 2 emails maybe I'll try to ask it a different way. Using ppp I try to dial into my ISP, it's able to dial in easy enough but shortly thereafter it fails. Checking the /usr/var/log/ppp.log file shows that a 'TIMEOUT' was 'expected, telling me it's a chat script failure. I have a timeout in my default definition of my ppp.conf file and I tried adding and changing 'set timeout' to no avail. In term mode I can succesfully get some kind of response from the server I'm dialing into. I can accomplish this part by exiting term with ~p. However using this procecdure it tells me that my computer is sending empty authuser, after a few lines of 'MAGIC NUMBER' and things like that nature. I can see this by tail -f /var/log/ppp.log, it scrolls through with all sorts of info. I have set authuser and set auth(the password one) setup in my ppp.conf file. Then it follows by telling me 'unable to access ppp.secrets'. I didnt have one so I set it up, but still it failed, except when I setup ppp.secrets it was'nt explicit as to why it had failed. Anyway what I'm really looking for is some help on being able to decipher exactly where my chat script is failing. I have the set log lcp (etc)..... set in my ppp.conf file but it so far doesnt show me enough for me to understand where I'm going wrong. I've tried many different combination's and am starting to belive that my ISP has an unconventional PAP autentication procedure. If anyone can be kind enough to tell me if there is anyway to actually see what the converstation looks like between my computer and the server I would appreciate it. If the answer is right in front of me (i.e by looking into /var/log/ppp.conf file) I would appreciate it if someone would point out how or where I can go to figure out how to understand it. I've been dialing my ISP numerous times and fear I'm running up an enormous phone bill. Thanks, Steve M To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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