[SLUG] DialUp problems

Jamie Adams whostolemypen at gmail.com
Sun Jul 24 18:21:22 BST 2005


On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 23:22 +0100, Pete Redwood wrote:
> Hi Folks
> 
> Have just installed the latest version of Debian - sarge 3.1. Thought I'd
> give it a try. Evrything is fine except for dial up access to internet,
> email etc. Using kppp as dialer on gnome desktop, but KDE also installed.
> Modem is external, serial connection. As far as I can tell everything is set
> up as it should be but kppp dials the number, connects then cuts out
> immediately. Comes up with 'Error 0'. Have checked ppp-config and everything
> appears to be ok. Anybody got any suggestions.
> 
> Pete Redwood

Ahhh.. this brings back memories. Oh, the joy of dialup!

Try commenting out the AUTH option from the ppp options file. From
memory, I think it's /etc/ppp/options.

Jamie





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