Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:00:02 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Srinivasan Iyengar <siyengar@mc.hl.siemens.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Connection to AT&T worldnet service using Freebsd Message-ID: <19980922110002.F9960@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3606F8C7.9A52B2DC@mc.HL.siemens.DE>; from Srinivasan Iyengar on Mon, Sep 21, 1998 at 06:09:28PM -0700 References: <3606F8C7.9A52B2DC@mc.HL.siemens.DE>
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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
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