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Date:      Thu, 12 Sep 1996 09:59:13 +1000 (EST)
From:      Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au>
To:        hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net>
Cc:        " (David I Just Work Here!)" <dave@pbi.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: PPP won't dial modem
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.91.960912095643.17778A-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <3236E269.7715@alaska.net>

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On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, hmmm wrote:

> (David I Just Work Here!) wrote:
> > 
> > hello,
> > 
> > i've configured PPP with my isp information, my ppp.conf is below.
> > when i issue the command, 'ppp snfc21', i get the 'ppp on SNFC21>'
> > prompt,
> > but if i then issue the command 'dial', this is the output:
> > as far as i know - 
> 
> you must either start PPP then "dial <label>"
> 
> or say "ppp -auto label" ...
>

you could also include the dial command in your ppp.conf file, e.g. :

its:
 set phone 12345678
 set login "TIMEOUT 15 username:-\\r-username: cp_nairn word: ******** > 
ppp"
 set timeout 0
 dial
 

Cheers,
Carey

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