[UCLA-LUG] pppd

[DeTavio Crudup]

Eric Hu wrote:

> Hi,guys
> When I type pppd as root at RedHat 6.1(completely installed), it shows the
> following message: The remote system is required to authenticate itself but
> I couldn't find any secret (password) which would let it use and IP address.
> I configured the ppp by using linuxconf and dialup configuation tool and
> neither of them worked. I really need some help to use linux at home.
> Thanks.
>
> -Eric
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connect manually using minicom. once your connection is made suspend minicom
without hanging up. then start pppd with the correct params. see if that gets
you going

Travis