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Date:      Fri, 19 Feb 1999 07:38:49 +0000
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>
To:        Raoul Simpson <thursday@sfsu.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ppp problems
Message-ID:  <36CD1509.5E4D34C0@uk.radan.com>
References:  <Your message of "Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:26:37 PST."             <4.1.19990219092219.009714f0@mail.sirius.com> <4.1.19990218201244.009707e0@mail.sirius.com>

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Raoul Simpson wrote:
> 
> >Try getting the latest ppp from http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html.  It
> >now waits a second by default before looking for carrier.  See the
> >new ``set cd'' command.
> 
> ok. now, with ppp interactive mode i am able to login (it provides a login
> prompt). it then reports my ip address, and about 5 seconds later says:
> "Warning: Sending empty PAP authname." and then disconnects. 

Sounds like you have an empty ``set authname'' entry in ppp.conf.
Check that it has your login name set:

 set authname YourLoginName
 set authkey YourPassword

If you still have problems please include your ppp.conf file in your
next post.

HTH

> i'm using the
> ppp.conf as described in the handbook for dynamic ip addresses.  my dialup
> script (which uses pppd) similarly disconnects. I feel rather foolish, but
> despite having read the handbook, man, faqs, etc, i still can't figure it
> out on my own. Any suggestions?
> thanks
> 
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