Dial-up Problems

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On Sun, 31 Mar 2002 19:12:16 -0500
"Amar Joshi" <abj1@onebox.com> wrote:


> In KDE, I use kppp to connect to my ISP.  Kppp doesn't have any trouble
> finding the modem and dialing the number.    I have tried increasing the > timeout time, but that doesn't
> help.
> 
> I have also tried using Wvdial, but that doesn't work either.  In Wvdial,
> pppd doesn't have a chance to timeout, wvdial disconnects immediately
> after connecting saying "returned not OK."
> 

Offhand, I think you need to manually dialin to your ISP's PPP server, and see what the connect script looks like, they may NOT be using the standard username: / password:   setup, you can use any terminal proggy like zTerm for the MacOS side, or minicom in linux to check this.


			--Shawn