[ILUG] Eircom Flatrate Anytime pppd question

[Garreth McDaid]

> Try setting Stupid Mode in your wvdial.conf.  You'll probably have to
> wait 30 seconds or so until wvdial gets fed up waiting for a prompt from
> Eircom and just sends the username and password.
>
> Things may have changed since I switched to ADSL, but those settings
> used to work.

That doesn't appear to be the problem. It seems the 1892 pay-as-you-go
service doesn't require any username or password, so it probably doesn't
issue a login prompt. The flatrate service does issue a login prompt, which
wvdial doesn't understand. I need to find out what the prompt is so that I
can config wvdial to expect it. All I can get out of a terminal is "Welcome
to eircom !", which isn't it.

Garreth
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Tobin" <tobinjt at netsoc.tcd.ie>
To: <ilug at linux.ie>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Eircom Flatrate Anytime pppd question


> On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 01:35:27PM +0100, garreth at arrow.webworld.ie wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have been using eircom.net's "free" dialup service (1892150150:
> > eircomnet/eircomnet) for a few months, but recently decided to change
over
> > to a flatrate package as my usage had increased. The dialup number for
the
> > flatrate service ("Anytime") is 1893150150, with a specific username and
> > password you get on subscription.
> >
> > Heres the problem:
> >
> > I'm using WvDial on Redhat 9. The PPPD daemon connects fine when I use
the
> > old free 1892150150 number, but won't connect to the flatrate 1893150150
> > number. Its not a username/password issue, because I've used both
> > connections succesfully with Windows PPP.
> >
> > Has anyone come across this before? Nobody in eircom.net seems to know
what
> > I'm talking about.
>
> Try setting Stupid Mode in your wvdial.conf.  You'll probably have to
> wait 30 seconds or so until wvdial gets fed up waiting for a prompt from
> Eircom and just sends the username and password.
>
> Things may have changed since I switched to ADSL, but those settings
> used to work.
>
> --
> John Tobin
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>
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