On 30 Nov 2004, at 12:21, John Gay wrote:
> Her modem works, but I keep getting ppd timeouts when connecting. If I
> log in manually via the terminal in the modem settings, it logs in
> every time. So, I'm wondering how to extend the timeout setting for
> pppd? Nothing in the nice GUI config screens seems to do it?
>> I did notice that the flatrate server doesn't seem to follow the usual
> login
> format? When I connect, I just get a connected reply, but no request
> for
> login or password? If I type them in, it connects, though. Could this
> be why
> pppd is timing out?
>> I've not had much experience in setting these things up. On my home
> system, I've a Smoothwall box to take care of all those pesky details
> and it just works (-;
Have a look at wvdial.conf and make sure that you have
Stupid Mode = 1
It is disabled by default.
Niall
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