On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 22:36, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 31 Jan 2003 11:27 am, Margot wrote: > > So perhaps the answer is just that I need to use a different ISP? I've > > started a new thread asking for recommendations... > > The messages, to me, indicate that either > a) you are timing out - but IIRC you have already set that as high as it will > go > b) you are failing authentication. I think this is the real problem. Yes, > if Eurobel are the real problem, you may have to look elsewhere. FWIW I use > Mailbox for my adsl isp. You may wish to check out there website. I found > them through the adslguide site, that looks at service and customer > satisfaction, and have been delighted with them. What's more they don't eek > when you say linux. > > Anne
Due to the problems with timeouts with KPPP, I'd suggest giving wvdial a go since it sometimes bypasses the idiosyncrasies of KPPP and initiates a connection. The wvdial package is on the CD set...can't recall where, though... -- Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:45:00 +1100 10:45pm up 1 day, 1:42, 5 users, load average: 0.51, 0.40, 0.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------ | __ __ | kuhn media australia | | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | ------------------------------------------------------------------ linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting ------------------------------------------------------------------ birth, n: The first and direst of all disasters. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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