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- Path: dialup04.syd1.zeta.org.au!user
- From: ivans@zeta.org.au (Ivan Smith)
- Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Logging in via PPP
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 15:14:00 +1000
- Organization: Go5Media
- Message-ID: <ivans-2201961514000001@dialup04.syd1.zeta.org.au>
- References: <4dlc9n$ha4@wumpus.cc.uow.edu.au>
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-
- In article <4dlc9n$ha4@wumpus.cc.uow.edu.au>, jc29@wumpus.cc.uow.edu.au
- (Fundamental) wrote:
-
- >can anyone help me out?
- >
- >
- >im trying to get PPP working on a particualr provider here in OZ
- >
- >the PPP dial script dials in, establishes a connection (logs in)
- >
- >but when the provider is ready to connect using PPP, nothing happens on
- >my side .. im using the Vark Internet package??
- >
- >any help???
- >
- >
- >the last line in the script has WAIT "MTU" .. whats that?
- >
- >also .. whats CR-LF?
-
- I think you can ignore the MTU line and bring your script down to a basic
- configuration.
-
- The PPP device seems to more intelegent than it's cslip counterpart in
- that it can negotiate things like MTU (Maximum Transfer Unit) which is
- defaulted to 1500 any way on most systems. The PPP device will negotaite
- these things automatically and the unregistered (evaluation version) of
- the Amiga ppp.device can't go any higher than this any way.
-
- My advice:
-
- Par you your script down to do exactly what you would do if your loggining
- on manually, indeed it may be a source of information if you log on to
- wumpus or whatever server your ppp comes from , manually, with a terminal
- program and see what the prompts are and note your responses. Then in the
- appropriate places in the script do you SEND and WAITs according to the
- manual method.
-
- My PPP script is nothing more than:
- *************************************
- Timeout value.
- What to do if busy.(These are at the top of the "demo" script and can be
- entered as per that script)
-
- SEND <modem init string >
- WAIT <OK from the modem>
- SEND <ATDTmy service providers number>
- WAIT "ogin:"
- SEND "MY user name"
- WAIT "assword:"
- SEND "MY passwaord"
- WAIT "ts>" (The terminal server prompt)
- SEND "client 1 0" (A Linux script sensing command on my providers machine)
- WAIT "ts>"
- SEND "ppp"
-
-
- NOTE: ALL sends and waits text MUST be enclosed in double quotes " " thus
- or nothing will happen and the script will break at the point where these
- quotes aren't.
-
- There is an Amiga Guide to connecting via PPP to Zeta Microcomputer (which
- I wrote) with the VarkNet disks in mind and it's URL is:
- http://www.zeta.org.au/~ivans/ (thats for the page) and the actual LHA
- file is about 2/3rds down the page as "An Amiga Guide to PPP/Zeta
- Connection".
-
- This guide file is mainly for the benefit of Amiga users on Zeta
- Microcomputer and contains references to specific Zeta things but you will
- find it generic enough to figure you problem out. It also contains some
- pitfalls to watch for if configuring AmiTCP and the PPP device for the
- first time ;)
-
-
- Hope that helps you any way.
-
- Regards,
-
- Ivan Smith
-
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