From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 20 1:44:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E92437B424 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 01:44:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rasputin@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 14qWWU-0004fJ-00; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:44:14 +0100 Received: (from rasputin@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f3K8iE053588; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:44:14 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rasputin) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:44:14 +0100 From: Rasputin To: Greg Lewis Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dialup only works from Windows Message-ID: <20010420094413.B53292@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Reply-To: Rasputin References: <200104192236.IAA82479@ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200104192236.IAA82479@ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au>; from glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au on Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 08:06:57AM +0930 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Greg Lewis [010419 23:38]: > Simply put, authentication only seems to work when using Windows dialup > networking. My fiancee's Win 95 and Win2k machines both happily connect. > However, when I try to connect using ppp I get an "Invalid user name/password > pair" message. I'm trying this using ppp interactively. I've verified the > correct username and password are being used, so thats not the > problem. Interestingly, I get the same problem trying to connect > interactively using Windows 95 Hyperterminal to dial in. > Has anyone had a similar problem? I'm sure I'm just missing a ppp > config option, but I can't work out what it is :(. Your ISP either uses PAP or CHAP. Not cleartext authentication. Try one then the other, job done. -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message