Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:44:14 +0100 From: Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net> To: Greg Lewis <glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dialup only works from Windows Message-ID: <20010420094413.B53292@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <200104192236.IAA82479@ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au>; from glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au on Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 08:06:57AM %2B0930 References: <200104192236.IAA82479@ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au>
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* Greg Lewis <glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au> [010419 23:38]: > Simply put, authentication only seems to work when using Windows dialup > networking. My fiancee's Win 95 and Win2k machines both happily connect. > However, when I try to connect using ppp I get an "Invalid user name/password > pair" message. I'm trying this using ppp interactively. I've verified the > correct username and password are being used, so thats not the > problem. Interestingly, I get the same problem trying to connect > interactively using Windows 95 Hyperterminal to dial in. > Has anyone had a similar problem? I'm sure I'm just missing a ppp > config option, but I can't work out what it is :(. Your ISP either uses PAP or CHAP. Not cleartext authentication. Try one then the other, job done. -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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