Debian Dialup problems - solved

[Eric Richardson]

Eric Richardson wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> Trying to get a dialup connection to an isp using wvdial and having some
> problems.
> 1. got dial tone and sync with modem
> 2. user and password seem to work
> Then there is a message about some DNS servers based on the userid. Then
> a prompt:
> AS5100>
> Then the wvdial sends -- ppp -- but it seems to want an host name or an
> ip address.
> What IP would this be?
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> Eric :-)
I read the man page for wvdial and it said that some isp are weird and
give you a prompt so I added a line in the wvdial.conf as follows:
Stupid Mode = yes
And lo and behold connection to ASU ppp server.
eric :-)