Problems with Earthlinks PPP access

I've been on EL for years and just recently have it using Linux. I don't have
any other scripts running (that I know of). I've installed Mandrake 7.1 (had
to get the latest ppp), 7.2 and the latest 8.0. The latter 2 came up without
any problems.

pete

Of course there' still Samba, cd ripping, and a host of other things I'd like
to get done!



On Monday 18 June 2001 15:48, you wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> > Jason, I sympathize - that is just one of the problems with analog
> > dial-in.
> >
> > What I used to do in the pass is 'hop' the bad modem in question by
> > dialing in on my other phone line manually via telephone, then connecting
> > with my modem and then hanging up the manual dial. Thus it sometimes
> > takes two phone lines to make a connection.
>
> I was actually able to get it to function properly last night by
> passing pppd the "noauth" option. Now, this morning, I no longer have
> to do this, and my standard pppd script is working. So I have three
> new commands because of last night... all based off the normal ppp
> script: ppp-unsecure, ppp-debug, ppp-unsecure-debug. Im not even sure
> why the server refuses to authenticate itself, and near as I can tell
> from reading the pppd man pages, the only risk this REALLY opens me up
> to is if someone unplugs the serial cord and plugs in their own server
> at the mindspring host, thus intercepting my communications. Since I'm
> not rechallenging their end periodically during the connection
> anyways... I'd never know regardless.
>
> Ah well, it works, and I have two workarounds. Technically, having a
> second number to dial into is an advantage of analog dialin.
> Generally, when they screw up the other end on a digital connection,
> your up the proverbial creek with no paddle... :-)
>
> Besides, I dont imagine DSL comes cheap out here in Atrashy Junction.