From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 22 17:46:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA04662 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Sep 1997 17:46:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA04657 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 1997 17:46:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id KAA23182; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 10:16:41 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19970923101641.25622@lemis.com> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 10:16:41 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Ching-Ping Chou Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp dial ok, login ok, but disconnected after 36 seconds with IBM Net? References: <199709230015.RAA22574@avant127.svd.avanticorp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <199709230015.RAA22574@avant127.svd.avanticorp.com>; from Ching-Ping Chou on Mon, Sep 22, 1997 at 05:15:46PM -0700 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, Sep 22, 1997 at 05:15:46PM -0700, Ching-Ping Chou wrote: > Hi, > > I am using FreeBSD.2.1.0-RELEASE with ppp.0.94 to connect to IBM Net. They > indicate I should use PAP instead of scripts. After connecting, I got "dial ok" > and "login ok". But the machine name in the prompt never change to upper case. > And it automatically disconnects after 36 seconds. During this time, I try > "show route" and didn't see any extra route was added. Are there some one who > has experience on using ppp with PAP and like to share his experience with me? > Thanks a lot. The obvious assumption is that ibm is rejecting your authentication. In other words, you have the wrong user name or password. If it's not that, let's see a trace of the setup attempt. Greg