[ale] Any PPP-versed people here?

[Christopher Fowler]

What authentication method is the remote using?  

On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 22:23 -0400, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
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> Oy... it has been a long time since I have used PPP for anything.  I
> recently signed up for some backup Internet access by way of dialup so
> that I can have dialup access when I go to Toledo, if I do not happen to
> be near an access point.
> 
> However, there is a bit of a problem:  GNOME's network properties quite
> happily offers to set up PPP for me, but it does not work.  I looked at
> the chat script it uses, and it just looks for CONNECT and passes off to
> pppd, it appears, but what I need it to do is enter the username and
> password, look for "PPP", and /then/ hand off the connection to pppd.  I
> cannot find any options for that in the configuration program, and I do
> not remember hardly anything about setting up PPP links by hand.  I am
> using Ubuntu (Dapper), so if there is something that elegantly fits,
> that would be awesome, but, honestly, anything is better than nothing at
> all.  :-)
> 
> The only real thing is that I need to be able to easily change the phone
> number used, so that I can use whatever number would be the closest for
> me in the area I may be at.  That can probably be accomplished through
> some sed black magic+shell scripting, if need be.
> 
> 	- Mike
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