Subject: Re: This isn't very helpful on setting up a modem
To: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/09/2001 12:40:05
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Patrick Welche wrote:
> (and for my question: does adding "noauth" to /etc/options/ppp avoid the
> need for a secrets file? - trying to debug my dialin and make it as simple
> as possible to start with...)
No. "noauth" means the ISP doesn't need to authenticate to _you_. You
have no control over what the remote terminal server requires -- if it
requires PAP or CHAP authentication, then you've go to supply it.
Frederick