Re: dial-up problem with KPPP

[Corey Lanier <on3.40.se7en@gmail.com>]

Hmmmmm...isn't connexant a semi-supported winmodem?  You might check
www.linmodems.org, and download the scanModem utility with that thing
hooked up.

anyway, on to your main issue

you might wanna edit your /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and your /etc/ppp/chap-secrets


On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:34:09 -0600, Larry Funk <fnkwrk@norcom2000.com> wrote:
> Hello, All.
>  
> I'm a Linux newbie, and quite ignorant about the basics. My current internet
> machine is a 586/120MHz/Win95 and my word processing/Quickbooks machine has
> been my old faithful 486DX-33/Win3.1. So, you see I'm from the far-left end
> of the computer knowledge bell curve.
>  
> A blank slate (except for BIOS) 1GHz Athlon machine recently fell into my
> lap, and rather than defaulting to Micro$oft, I figured I'd try some sort of
> Linux first.
>  
> I've got PCLinuxOS .8 (Mandrake based with KDE) installed on it and I'm
> pretty happy with this OS, but I haven't been able to get online with it.
>  
> I pulled the Connexant winmodem (which wouldn't do anything beyond being
> detected) and hooked up a Diamond SupraExpress 56e Pro external serial modem
> instead. It will dial out and connect to my ISP, but then KPPP returns Error
> #15: timeout expired while waiting for ppp interface. I've gone over all the
> KPPP settings with the techs at my ISP, and one of the techs was able to
> connect from home via KPPP from within Mandrake so the problem shouldn't be
> with my ISP. I've also played around with the /etc/ppp/options file with no
> success.
>  
> Any ideas which don't require a Doctorate (or even Associates) degree in
> Linux Engineering to implement?
>  
> Thank You,
> Larry Funk
> Freeburg, IL


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