Can you dial in manually and record the dialog? It's been a long time since I had to do that, but that's how I did it years ago.
Patrick On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 at 11:32pm, Pigeon wrote: :I am trying to set up my Linux box to connect to my Waitrose ISP :account. I am using this one rather than my ukonline one because :ukonline requires my box to fetch DNS addresses every time it logs on, :whereas Waitrose has static ones - keep it simple. : :I have run pppconfig and entered all the details it asks for, no :problem. I have followed the instructions in :/usr/doc/HOWTO/ISP-Hookup-HOWTO.2.html to the letter, and set up the :various files in /etc as that document describes. I get stuck at :setting up /etc/ppp/chatscripts. The HOWTO has for this file: : :<snip> :>CONNECT "" :>TIMEOUT 5 :>"name:" ppp :> :>The last line specifies that one is expecting a prompt that ends with :>name:, and that the response should be ppp when it arrives. :>Other systems may have other login procedures. : :I thought "may != will" so tried it verbatim, just to see what would :happen. It dials up, negotiates the communication speed, apparently :fails to log on, and hangs up after a few seconds - not entirely to my :surprise. : :So I asked [EMAIL PROTECTED] for the necessary details, and got the :wonderfully helpful response "we don't support Linux, please ask :again, we can tell you if you tell us what you've put in already"... :huh? I had already given them the above example from the HOWTO and :said that's what I want... : :I also lack the details by which the server may authenticate itself. :/etc/ppp/options warns me not to disable this (though I have at the :moment). : :I fear that these slightly surreal conversations will result every :time I try to ask this ISP a question. : :Please could someone suggest exactly the right questions to ask the :ISP, so I don't have to keep ding-donging emails back and forth, :rebooting from Linux to Windoze all the time cos the Linux box isn't :on line yet? : :Better yet, is there any online fill-in-the-boxes document that I can :send them and say "please fill in this form"? : :A copy of the conversation so far is appended. : :Thanks, : :Pigeon : :===================================================== :>>----- Original Message ----- :>>From: "Pigeon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :>>Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 5:31 PM :>>Subject: Linux setup for waitrose account :>> :>> :>>> Hi, :>>> :>>> I am trying to set up my Linux system to access my waitrose account :>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] I read in the Linux documentation that I should :>>> configure /etc/ppp/chatscript according to this example: :>>> > :>>> >TIMEOUT 5 :>>> >"" ATZ :>>> >OK ATDT12345678 :>>> >ABORT "NO CARRIER" :>>> >ABORT BUSY :>>> >ABORT "NO DIALTONE" :>>> >ABORT WAITING :>>> >TIMEOUT 45 :>>> >CONNECT "" :>>> >TIMEOUT 5 :>>> >"name:" ppp :>>> > :>>> >The last line specifies that one is expecting a prompt that ends with :>>> >name:, and that the response should be ppp when it arrives. :>>> >Other systems may have other login procedures. :>>> > :>>> :>>> Please could you let me know what the prompt and expected response for :>>> my account are, and any other connection details of a similar nature. :>>> As you can see from the above, setting up Linux for internet access :>>> requires lots of nitty gritty details to be entered by hand. I have no :>>> objection to doing this, as long as I know what they are. :>>> :>>> Many thanks :>>> :>>> Pigeon :>> :>On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:44:24 -0000, "Technical Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :> :>>Dear Sir, :>> :>>Thank you for your email. :>> :>>We do not provide support for Linux but can confirm any settings that you :>>may require to enter. Can you please inform us of all the details (in :>>regards to Waitrose) that you have used for configuration purposes. :>> :>>regards, :>> :>>nick :>>-------------------------------------------- :>>Waitrose Technical Support :>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] :>>Tel: 0800 376 7060 :>>-------------------------------------------- :>Hi, :> :>The details specific to Waitrose are: :> :>Username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :>Password: [the real password] :>Dialup number: 08450796899 :>Primary DNS server: 192.126.82.5 :>Secondary DNS server: 192.126.86.9 :> :>and the chatscript example given, with phone number modified accordingly :>and the last line (login prompt/response) currently unconfigured because :>I don't know the settings for Waitrose. :> :>I also need to know the means by which the server can authenticate :>itself. I am required to enter a password into a file on my system :>for this purpose. :> :>Thanks, :> :>Pigeon :> : : : -- Patrick Wiseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux user #17943 *Google First, Ask Later* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]