Linux newbie having ppp trouble

[Sean]

wild guesses I never honestly have gotten a modem working correctly with
linux and I would definately suggest the ppp how-to document. which if you
installed everything might actually be on your machine in /usr/doc/
or look at the /usr/doc/ppp-xxx files

I have a feeling more than one thing isnt configured correctly. 

Usually I test out the modem with a terminal client called minicom, that
makes sure you have your modem hooked up to the right port and you can
actually dial, I think you can actually issue the ppp command from the
prompt if you can login. And if you have to edit the script you will see
what you have to edit. 

Also make sure you have your modem device set-up as a DHCP client, and
that should be in the network control panel which is a tad confusing
because you have like 4 things to actually configure. 

That is about all I know, but I hope it can get you pointed in the right
direction. 





On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Steven Collins wrote:

> Sorry to make my first post a chunk or prattle from a novice but I'm
> guessing that you folks are fairly friendly... I hope.
> 
> I can't seem to get my dial up working correctly in Red Hat 7.0. I've tried
> looking online for help but I'm running out of things to try. I was
> wondering if any of you had encountered these error messages before (the
> first of which I can't even find online)-
> 
> When trying to connect with "RH ppp Dialer" I get-
> "Failed to activate interface."
> and the modem never even dials.

>
> When trying with the Kppp dialer I get this after the modem dials-
> "The pppd daemon died unexpectedly!"
> and the log states-
> "Peer not authorized to use remote address 199.69.200.70"
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> -steven
> 
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