Martin Bialasinski writes: >JH>moron writes: >>> You're right. It is. I'll have to keep experimenting, I think > >JH> But the absence of noauth (and the presence of auth in >JH> /etc/ppp/options) is pretty much the only thing that can cause >JH> that error. Could you send copies of /etc/ppp/peers/provider and >JH> relevant parts of /var/log/ppp.log? > >How about +pap or +chap in /etc/ppp/options or >/etc/ppp/peers/provider? Will the noauth nullify this as well?
I see now that I've been mixing manual configuration instructions I got from a book on linux with pppdconfig, resulting in a lot of confused and contradictory files. Thanks for all your help - I'll keep all the advice and use it with my next installation from scratch. David
