Ross Hamilton writes: > Everything seems OK at the other end - I get a message: "Entering PP > session", then notification of my assigned assigned dynamic IP and MTU > numbers, followed by an encouraging-looking stream of garbage... but > after a short time the connection drops with a "NO CARRIER" signal.
That sounds normal: the pppd at the other end gives up when it gets no response to its lcp packets. > I don't know whether or not this is relevant, but if I try to > manually start pppd during the interval before the line drops, then I > get the following message: > pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself Normal: you didn't start pppd with 'noauth' so it defaulted to 'auth'. > Anyway, the connection drops whether I try to start pppd with no > argument, or with "noauth" or with "call provider". Exactly what happens when you start pppd with 'noauth'? > Any thoughts or pointers anyone? Please post the output of the 'plog' command after doing 'pon' and /etc/chatscripts/provider. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI