DUH! Thanks Dmitry. That was exactly it. I was stuck on the remote
system was
trying to authenticate my computer. I am embarrassed to say how long I
worked on it.
Adding noauth to the ppp options file fixed the problem.
Thanks again.
jmg
Dmitry Pogosyan wrote:
> Note, that according to log it is YOUR COMPUTER who asked REMOTE
> to authenticate itself, not visa versa.
>
> Try to put
> noauth
>
> as ppp option
>
> On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Jacques Goldsmith wrote:
>
> > Thanks, but I tried that. Remember, it comes up when I bring up ppp by hand.
> >
> > jmg
> >
> >
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > I do not use PSI as my ISP but I had a similar problem
> > > with AT&T Worldnet.
> > >
> > > Your ISP is trying to authenticate with either PAP or
> > > CHAP. Can't tell which one from below, but I think the
> > > following will work in either case:
> > >
> > > Put in both your /etc/pap-secrets and /etc/chap-secrets
> > > files:
> > >
> > > username * password
> > >
> > > Put into diald.conf:
> > >
> > > user username
> > >
> > > where username is your login id for PSI.
> > >
> > > Good luck!
> > > > I am having a problem getting diald to work. I hope someone out there
> > > > can help. When I use diald, I get errors from pppd (see
> > > > /var/log/messages below). I use PSI as my ISP, so I hope someone out
> > > > there has diald working with PSI and got this to work.
> > > >
> > > > if instead I use minicom to manually dial in and start ppp by hand, it
> > > > works fine.
> > > > Below is /var/log/messages, /etc/diald.conf and my connect script
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > /var/log/messages
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:45 localhost connect: Protocol started
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:45 localhost diald[1089]: Connected to site 192.168.0.2
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:45 localhost diald[1089]: Running pppd (pid = 1122).
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:45 localhost modprobe: can't locate module char-major-108
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:46 localhost kernel: PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:46 localhost kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:46 localhost pppd[1122]: The remote system is required to
> > > > authentic
> > > > ate itself but I
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:46 localhost pppd[1122]: couldn't find any suitable secret
> > > > (passwor
> > > > d) for it to use to do so.
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:46 localhost kernel: registered device ppp0
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:46 localhost diald[1089]: start sl0: SIOCSIFMETRIC:
> > > > Operation not s
> > > > upported
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:46 localhost diald[1089]: start sl0: SIOCADDRT: File exists
> > > >
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:46 localhost diald[1089]: start sl0: SIOCADDRT: File exists
> > > >
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:46 localhost diald[1089]: start sl0: SIOCSIFMETRIC:
> > > > Operation not s
> > > > upported
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:46 localhost diald[1089]: start sl0: SIOCADDRT: File exists
> > > >
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:46 localhost diald[1089]: start sl0: SIOCADDRT: File exists
> > > >
> > > > Nov 4 00:46:47 localhost diald[1089]: Delaying 30 seconds before clear
> > > > to dial.
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > /etc/diald.conf
> > > > mode ppp
> > > > connect /usr/lib/diald/connect
> > > > device /dev/ttyS1
> > > > speed 115200
> > > > modem
> > > > lock
> > > > crtscts
> > > > local 192.168.0.1
> > > > remote 192.168.0.2
> > > > dynamic
> > > > defaultroute
> > > > include /usr/lib/diald/standard.filter
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Just the modifications I made to /usr/lib/diald/connect...
> > > >
> > > > PHONE_NUMBER=<phone number>
> > > > USER_CHAT_SEQ="ogin:--ogin:--"
> > > > USER_NAME="<my username>"
> > > > PASSWD_CHAT_SEQ="word:"
> > > > PASSWORD="<my password>"
> > > > # PROMPT is commented out since PPP comes up automatically.
> > > > #PROMPT="annex:"
> > > > START_ACK="Entering PPP mode."
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help you can provide.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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