dhcp, pppd, and MSU dial-ups

[Ben Pfaff]

Paul Melson <melson@scnc.holt.k12.mi.us> writes:

> 	Does anybody already have pppd/dhcp config
> 	files and/or scripts for dialing up to MSU?

An odd request: DHCP is not used for dialup.  I'll ignore the
dhcp part of the request.

> 	I've got a laptop running Slackware 7.1 that
> 	I'd like to dial in with.

I use the following as /etc/chatscripts/provider:

ABORT        BUSY
ABORT        "NO CARRIER"
ABORT        VOICE
ABORT        "NO DIALTONE"
""           ATM0DT<PHONE#>
host         ppp
ogin         <USERNAME>@msu.edu
word         \q<PASSWORD>

You'll want to replace <PHONE#>, <USERNAME>, and <PASSWORD>, of
course.

The corresponding pppd options (in addition to the defaults
provided in the Debian pppd package, which I would assume to be
similar to those on other systems) are:

refuse-pap noauth
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -f /etc/chatscripts/provider"
defaultroute /dev/modem 38400

You could probably just use PAP, but I've had this rough
configuration since 199$smallnum, before support for such things
was commonplace, and never bothered to change.

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