From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 21 18:31:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA08933 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 18:31:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA08926 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 18:31:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA13863; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:00:04 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id LAA12181; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:00:03 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980922110002.F9960@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:00:02 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Srinivasan Iyengar , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Connection to AT&T worldnet service using Freebsd References: <3606F8C7.9A52B2DC@mc.HL.siemens.DE> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <3606F8C7.9A52B2DC@mc.HL.siemens.DE>; from Srinivasan Iyengar on Mon, Sep 21, 1998 at 06:09:28PM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, 21 September 1998 at 18:09:28 -0700, Srinivasan Iyengar wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to hook up to At&T worldnet using FreeBSD. I have modified > the files in /etc and ppp directories > and setup my ppp.conf file. I can dial out okay, but the connection is > dropped with the message : > > Warning : DialModem : Login failed. > > Is this something to do with my login name and password or is it > something else? > > Also, when I start ppp, does it need a password in my ppp.secret file? > > If any of you have tried to hook up to providers like AT&T, I would like > to request your help. I would recommend not to do this. Worldnet is a spammer, and many people, myself included, block them. You don't need a service like that. See http://www.lemis.com/worldnet.html for more information. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message