Subject: Re: **PPP! ACK!!!! HELP!!!!**
To: Krypto <cyberdog@sunworks.com>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/08/1997 14:55:23
> Ok, guys I still have had to luck getting on the internet with netbsd.. I'v
> tried all of yoru advices..and none work.. when I used my terminal emulator
> to see what my isp does... it just shows CONNECT 57600.. no login, no
> password text displayed.. So I called my provider..they need I need PPP
> software that supports PAP (password authentication protocal) and I CAN NOT
> use chat scripts, etc. Which is guess why when i use the terminal I don't
> see anything... he also said open transport, freeppp, etc... all support
> the PAP protocal. Where can i get this?

Try 'man pppd'  The NetBSD ppp daemon _does_ support PAP.  You just need 
a ppp-secrets file in addition to some other stuff, I believe.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                      ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant                                        Rice University
Information Technology Services                       Houston, TX