Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 07:58:39 -0700 From: Sean Kelly <kelly@yarmouth> To: mc7953@mclink.it Cc: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <9602241458.AA10127@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4b11.32.19960224114334.002b6fb0@mclink.it> (message from Marco Masotti on Sat, 24 Feb 1996 11:43:34 %2B0000)
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>>>>> "Marco" == Marco Masotti <mc7953@mclink.it> writes: Marco> I've been using with success the pppd package (kernel Marco> supported). Good. Marco> Because of the lack of demand dialing capability, I'd like Marco> now to switch to the user ppp (aka iijppp). Good. Marco> In the first place, I've tried to do a manual connection, Marco> by means of the term program. And soon, the half of the Marco> problem: when the number is dialed, the login is performed Marco> successfully, the ISP prompts me to "active the PPP Marco> software", but the PPP prompt does not switch automatically Marco> from lower case to upper case letters, until I give the ~p Marco> sequence, which is not that automatic detection is Marco> described in the man pages. Worse still, attempting to Marco> perform the automatic procedure, my PPP software just Marco> hungs. Interesting. Before using "term", try doing set openmode active Marco> I suspect that my ISP doesn't send properly the LCP config Marco> request, just waiting me to do so (with the ~p command). Marco> Is there an option into the PPP software, that I am Marco> evidently missing connecting to the peer of my provider? Possibly. Here's my /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file. You might want to try part of it to see if it helps: # # General settings. # default: set device /dev/cuaa1 set speed 57600 set parity none disable lqr deny lqr set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" ATZ OK-AT-OK\\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT" # # Entry for my internet service provider: # my-isp: set phone XXXXXXX set openmode active set login "TIMEOUT 10 name>-\\r-name> MYUSERNAME word> MYPASSWD mode. \"\"" -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA (Referring to a glass of water:) I mixed this myself. Two parts H, one part O. I don't trust anybody! -- Steven Wright
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