Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:01:06 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Nesi Unanaowo <nesi_unanaowo@net.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, nesi@net.com Subject: User PPP problems (was: unable to connect to worldnet.att.net) Message-ID: <19990115120106.Y55525@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <369E92A6.2B20B4AB@net.com>; from Nesi Unanaowo on Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 04:58:14PM -0800 References: <369E92A6.2B20B4AB@net.com>
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[Format recovered at freebie.lemis.com] On Thursday, 14 January 1999 at 16:58:14 -0800, Nesi Unanaowo wrote: > I have been attempting to connect to my ISP (worldnet.att.net) > using the information on their website. Don't use worldnet. They're a major spammer, even to the extent of maintaining duplicate domains to foil filters. See http://www.lemis.com/worldnet.html. A number of people refuse mail from them as a result, so this will have a direct effect on you. > I have followed the > instructions on how to create the various files and made sure that > my FreeBSD 2.2.7 kernel is compiled with pseudo-device (tun) > enabled. After rebooting the system I logged in as root and invoked > ppp to get the ppp prompt. As at this point nothing seems to > work. When I type in the first command " pass > yoursecretkeyatpppprompt" (without the quotes though) at the ppp > prompt I get "invalid command" error message. A check of the ppp > command options shows no "pass" option. Then I tried the second > command "dial worldnet" and get put into the Packet mode. I have > tried every option possible to get a dial tone but no luck. Also, > when I was creating the /etc/ppp/ppp.secret file, I used my password > which I obtained from the account file of the initial setup as the > input for the second filed <yoursecretkeyatpppprompt> . I > desperately need access to the internet from my home machine so that > I can download some very important packages. If anyone has > successfully connected to worldnet.att.net using the information > from their website please kindly me know how you accomplished > this. Any suggestion/pointer will be highly appreciated. Without seeing what you've really done (copies of your config files and *exact* output [you can omit your passwords, though], it's impossible to say. I can't even understand what you've done here. 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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