On 941582488 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
Space Case wrote:
>
>pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself but I
>pppd: couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so.

Add noauth to the pppd options file or command line.  pppd, IIRC,
requires the remote end to authenitcate itself which you don't need
for dial-up generally.

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