===================================================== This message and any attachments to it are subject to copyright and are sent for the personal attention of the addressee. It may include information which is legally privileged and exempt from disclosure. If you receive this communication in error, please advise us immediately. ===================================================== When I run Redhat I use an X application called netcfg to start and stop interfaces including PPP and usual net stuff I found this worked every time (Well unless the line was engaged )on Global Net and Freeserve ... I'm not sure if this is available as an rpm...... by the way it's nice to see so many UK people!! Surjit -----Original Message----- From: Owen Synge [<A HREF="mailto:oms101@clara.co.uk">mailto:oms101@clara.co.uk</A>] Sent: 24 February 1999 00:41 To: Jo Whitby Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] kppp and UK Freeserve ========================================== WARNING: External Email: This message was received from a source external to HSAM and therefore the sender's identity cannot be verified. ========================================== Jo Whitby wrote:

On 23-Feb-99 Karim Elmaizi wrote:

...

Sorry..Maybe out of topic :)

I tried desperatly last night to set up Kppp with a UK ISP called

Freeserve.

...

I think ive got my PAP settings right, etc...but no luck, the daemon died unexp.

If they are any UK readers to the list that have an account with Freeserve, pleaase Help!

Otherwise, any recommended UK ISPs that work with the Suse distro?

(Ive got Suse 6 and Id like to use Kppp!)

Thanx in advance for any help

Karim

I get this too using kppp and Freeserve, it also happens with Demon as well. As I recall the kppp docs say to make sure you do not have anything in your /etc/ppp/options file especially not "lock" as kppp handles this itself.

There is a site with infomation on how to connect to freeserve using kppp at <A HREF="http://www.kppp-archive.freeserve.co.uk/"><A HREF="http://www.kppp-archive.freeserve.co.uk/</A">http://www.kppp-archive.freeserve.co.uk/</A</A>>

I have tried several times to get kppp to work reliably with the ISP's that I use but so far have not succeeded, let me know how you get on.

The SuSE scripts work well for me, so for now I will stick with those.

Hope this helps.

Regards Jo

I am doing some work on the site you mention, we have dhad some problems with the freeserve accounts as they keep changeing, the way I do it at the moment is to use the free serve set up suggested then, change to script based authentication and then use expect : ogin send : yourusername@freeserve.co.uk expect : word send : yourpassword ogin is short for login, word is more polite than what I use I am sure you get the idea. Regards Owen - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>