Before I agree with your solution, do you have the pap user id and
password in the pap-secrets file. You can use netcfg to configure it for
you but the format is client server secret. It might look something like
this:
#client server password
internet.usinet.username ppp0 password
The client here is based on what attglobal.net (formerly ibm.net) uses
for a name structure. Make certain that you have the correct client
"fully qualified" name. There is a fourth column for ip address but that
is not required for a ppp connection where the ip address is dynamically
assigned
If you do not have anything in the pap-secret file, get rid of the
noauth in /etc/ppp/options, fix the pap-secrets file and try logging in
again.
Tom
Benjamin Sher wrote:
>
> Dear friends:
>
> Below is a solution to a problem that can drive newbies up the wall and
> straight into a mental asylum. It is completely unnecessary and, in my
> opinion, should be automatically incorporated into Mandrake's routines.
>
> I use the U. S. Robotics 56k external modem, which, according to our
> resident gurus, is probably the best modem to use with Linux (at any
> rate, it must be an external modem. Internal modems cause too many IRQ
> problems).
>
> Using kppp or any dialer, you dial in, the modem rings, you go through
> the normal logging routines, and just as you are about to connect, the
> modem pulls back and STARTS DIALING AGAIN. OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
>
> The solution, apparently, has nothing to do with the connection speed.
> If your modem "connects" to
> the Internet and then, at the last second, disconnects and RESTARTS the
> process ad infinitum, the problem is one of authentification. The
> solution has to be one of the simplest in the whole of Linux.
>
> I learned this from a kind list member. I am just passing it on.
> Make sure you etch it on your forehead in case you
> need to restore your system or you will not remember the solution.
>
> Here it is:
>
> [sher@adsl-77-233-178 sher]$ cd /etc/ppp
> [sher@adsl-77-233-178 ppp]$ ls
> chap-secrets ioptions ip-down* ip-up* options pap-secrets peers/
> [sher@adsl-77-233-178 ppp]$ cat options |more
> lock
> noauth
> [sher@adsl-77-233-178 ppp]$
>
> 1) Open any text editor and go to /etc/ppp, then open the file called
> "options". You will probably see the one word "lock" (as above) without
> the quotes, of course. Now just add the one word "noauth", which means
> "no authorization". This tells pppd (or kppp) NOT to look for any
> further authentification. And suddenly, you are on the Net.
>
> 2) If you get a "lock" message when trying to connect, be sure to go to
> /var/lock and just delete the "LCK..ttyS1" file.
>
> Print this out and save it in a safe place in case you forget.
>
> Benjamin
>
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