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Date:      Mon, 09 Aug 1999 23:01:57 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        "Jonathan D. Proulx" <jon@osfn.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Installer won't dial 
Message-ID:  <199908092201.XAA00957@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 08 Aug 1999 21:33:14 EDT." <19990808213314.A200@amergin..ids.net> 

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> On Sun, Aug 08, 1999 at 09:42:57AM -0500, Frank Griffith wrote:
> > When you see the ppp prompt. type 
> > 
> >     term<Enter>
> > 
> > This will get you into the terminal portion of ppp. When you get 
> > here, you simply use standard AT commands to connect. Just 
> > type something like:
> > 
> >     atdt 212-345-1212
> > 
> > Of course you'll want to use the phone number of your ISP. 
> 
> Eureka! 
> (I had thought term would get me a vt100 emulator after dialing)
> 
> Now I have a related problem, the modem dials but:
> 
> Phase: deflink: /dev/cuaa3 doesn't support CD
> Phase: bundle: Authenticate
> Phase: deflink: his = PAP, mine = none
> Phase: Pap Output: <username> ******
> Phase: Pap Output: <username> ******
> Phase: Pap Output: <username> ******
> Phase: Pap Input: SUCCESS dropped (got id 1, not 3)
> Phase: Pap Input: SUCCESS dropped (got id 2, not 3)
> Phase: Pap Input: SUCCESS ()
> Phase: deflink: Disconnected!
> 
> Shall I continue this course or simply wait till I have a CD to
> install from ?

Hmm, looks like your ISP has a *very* slow authentication server.  
You could ``set papretry 15'' to get rid of the problem.... you could 
also moan at your ISP.

There's no error however - ppp is just timing things out before your 
ISP pulls it's socks up.

> TIA,
> Jon
> -- 
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