From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 14 17:32:31 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA20382 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:32:31 -0800 (PST) (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 RAA20374 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:32:28 -0800 (PST) (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 MAA07166; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:01:07 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id MAA59903; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:01:06 +1030 (CST) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:01:06 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Nesi Unanaowo 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> References: <369E92A6.2B20B4AB@net.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <369E92A6.2B20B4AB@net.com>; from Nesi Unanaowo on Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 04:58:14PM -0800 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 [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 . 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