Try using Freewwweb, I'm using it and it works well with linux.
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Marc Vogt wrote:
> A friend of mine is trying to connect to a free internet service
> and is having problems. Here is a message she sent to another list.
> Any ideas? Thanks - Marc
>
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>
> I recently found out that you can get free internet access through freei.net,
> so I thought I'd change internet providers. However, I'm having problems
> getting connected using this new service. I am using a chat script, and I
> can login successfully (sending my username and password) but am having
> problems after that. It says that they use "Annex Command Line Interpreter"
> and when I get the prompt "annex:" I'm not exactly sure what to send next.
> I tried sending the command "ppp" but after it says "Switching to PPP"
> nothing happens and my connection is eventually teminated. This is
> what I find in /var/log/messages:
>
> Jan 4 20:31:43 TnT chat[331]: expect (annex:)
> Jan 4 20:31:43 TnT chat[331]: ^M
> Jan 4 20:31:43 TnT chat[331]: annex: -- got it
> Jan 4 20:31:43 TnT chat[331]: send (ppp^M)
> Jan 4 20:31:43 TnT chat[331]: expect (~)
> Jan 4 20:31:43 TnT chat[331]: ppp^M
> Jan 4 20:31:43 TnT chat[331]: ^M
> Jan 4 20:31:43 TnT chat[331]: Switching to PPP.^M
> Jan 4 20:31:43 TnT chat[331]: ~ -- got it
> Jan 4 20:31:43 TnT pppd[330]: Serial connection established.
> Jan 4 20:31:44 TnT pppd[330]: Using interface ppp0
> Jan 4 20:31:44 TnT pppd[330]: Connect: ppp0 /dev/cua1
> Jan 4 20:32:20 TnT pppd[330]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Jan 4 20:32:20 TnT pppd[330]: Connection terminated.
> Jan 4 20:32:20 TnT pppd[330]: Exit.
>
> In my chat script I added an extra line "test" to see if I needed to send
> anything else and this is what I get:
>
> Jan 4 20:35:19 TnT chat[343]: expect (annex:)
> Jan 4 20:35:19 TnT chat[343]: ^M
> Jan 4 20:35:20 TnT chat[343]: annex: -- got it
> Jan 4 20:35:20 TnT chat[343]: send (ppp^M)
> Jan 4 20:35:20 TnT chat[343]: expect (test)
> Jan 4 20:35:20 TnT chat[343]: ppp^M
> Jan 4 20:35:20 TnT chat[343]: ^M
> Jan 4 20:35:20 TnT chat[343]: Switching to PPP.^M
> Jan 4 20:35:41 TnT chat[343]: ~^?}#@!}!}!} }9}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&3q{A}'}"}(
> }"E^R~~^?}#@!}!}!} }9}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&3q{A}'}"}(}"E^R~~^?}#@!}!}!} }9}"}&
> } } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&3q{A}'}"}(}"E^R~~^?}#@!}!}!} }9}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&3q{A}
> '}"}(}"E^R~~^?}#@!}!}!} }9}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&3q{A}'}"}(}"E^R~~^?}#@!}!}!} }
> 9}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&3q{A}'}"}(}"E^R~~^?}#@!}!}!} }9}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&
> 3q{A}'}"}(}"E^R~~^? -- failed
> Jan 4 20:35:41 TnT pppd[342]: Connect script failed
> Jan 4 20:35:41 TnT pppd[342]: Exit.
>
> Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?
>
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