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Date:      Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:23:35 -0800 (PST)
From:      Derrick Baumer <bduk@earthlink.net>
To:        gummibear@nettaxi.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPP with an Earthlink Account
Message-ID:  <200003221723.JAA00635@arthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <38D8FD1C.4169E942@nettaxi.com> (message from Joey Garcia on Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:04:28 -0800)

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> From: Joey Garcia <gummibear@nettaxi.com>
> 
> Hey all!
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone is using user PPP with an Earthlink account. 
> I'm having trouble actually getting connected.  I'm pretty sure that
> Earthlink uses PAP/CHAP since I don't get a login sequence when I
> manually dial into Earthlink using ppp in term mode.

It uses PAP, but logging in via the ppp terminal should have given you
a login prompt, too.  It did for me anyway.

> I'm trying to use my work account to access the Internet which is an
> Earthlink account.  What I think is the problem is the username sequence
> that Earthlink uses: ELN/username.  I think that / is screwing things up
> but I'm not sure.  I've tried putting it in quotes and stuff but that
> didn't work either.
> 
> I was hoping to see an Earthlink ready ppp.conf to go by.  I've printed
> out the man page for ppp, the ppp section in the Handbook, and the
> Pedantic PPP primer.  I followed the manuals to the letter so I'm not
> sure what the deal is.

I'm using kernel ppp and pppd, not user ppp.  They use different file
names, but the information in them should be similar.  Hopefully you
can extract what you need from here.

Here's my setup, for better or worse:

/etc/ppp/options:

auth
defaultroute
crtscts
115200
modem
/dev/cuaa0
lock
idle 300
user ELN/<yourname>

/etc/ppp/peers/earthlink:

noauth
connect '/usr/bin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/earthlink.chat'
domain earthlink.net

/etc/ppp/earthlink.chat:

ABORT 'NO CARRIER'
ABORT 'NO DIALTONE'
ABORT ERROR
ABORT 'NO ANSWER'
ABORT BUSY
ABORT 'Username/Password Incorrect'
TIMEOUT 5
'' ATZ
OK ATDT<your dialup number>
TIMEOUT 40
CONNECT
TIMEOUT 5

/etc/ppp/pap-secrets:

ELN/<yourname>	*	<yourpassword>

No quotes.  You need to compile ppp into the kernel, but I think the
default kernel has it already compiled in.  With those files in place,
I just dial "pppd call earthlink" and it dials up and puts me on.

-- 
Derrick Baumer
bduk@earthlink.net


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