PPP Dial-in problems

[Brian Somers]

Bear in mind that incoming authentication is taken from 
/etc/ppp/ppp.secrets - any ``set authkey'' in your config is not used 
unless the peer demands authentication.

> On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 12:28:29PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote:
> > > OK this may be obvious but is the modem in auto answer mode?
> > > 
> > > PPP is looking for a CONNECT string its only getting RING.
> > 
> > Yes, this sounds like it might be the problem.  You should be able to 
> > set auto-answer mode by connecting to the modem and doing
> > 
> >   ATZ
> >   ATS0=1
> >   AT&W
> > 
> > The S0 register is usually the thing that says answer after N rings - 
> > default 0 (ATS0=0 turns it off).
> > 
> That was indeed one of the problems (doh!) :-( We now have a modem that
> picks up the phone but it would appear the PPP authentication fails.
> 
> I'm going to try using login rather that PAP/CHAP to see if I get anything
> usefull out of the logs.
> 
> If anyone has a working dial-in box and would care to share the config files
> (sans any secrets of course :-) ), that would be most appreciated.
> 
> Neil.
> -- 
> Neil C. Ford
> Managing Director, Yet Another Computer Solutions Company Limited
> neil at yacsc.com - http://www.yacsc.com

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