Read /usr/doc/ppp/SETUP.gz Actually the Debian package sets things up a bit differently than this, but you should be able to understand the procedure from this document. The files you need to set up are /etc/ppp/peers/provider and /etc/chatscripts/provider.
Bob On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Joshua Wilson wrote: > I recently installed Debian GNU/Linux, and I am having a terrible time > getting PPP to work with my modem. I have a US Robotics 28.8 at > /dev/ttyS2. I tried to set up PPP using pppconfig and I have looked > at the files in /etc/ppp. Everything seems to be ok, but when I run > pon my modem does not dial, nothing happens, and plog tells me that > the connect script failed. I have consulted various HOWTOs and > documentation but they all seem to refer to pre-HAM versions of Debian > and reference a ppp.chatscript file that my box doesn't have. I also > searched the debian-user archives but could not find a relevant > answer. However, the archives did mention trying to dial out using > minicom. Minicom was able to get my modem to dial, but this still > does not solve my PPP problem since my ISP uses PAP and I do not how > to negotiate a connection to it using minicom. Any help or ideas > about how to get my modem to work with PPP would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Josh Wilson > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
