[ale] mindspring and ppp

[gEary]

> ircbob (dave chow) wrote:
> > 
> > hi..  i have been trying for awhile now, to get ppp to work w/ my
> > mindspring account...
> > 
> > i had been reading the PPP howto's... trying to get it up n going..  i
> > recompiled the kernel last nite, 2.0.30 w/ ppp (2.0f) support.... (using
> > the redhat4.2 distribution) ...
> > 
> > i put in my username  and password, dialup to mindspring (4046541300),
> > it puts the correct information out there, but mindspring returns
> > 'invalid login' (or some message like that)...
> > 
> > i also tried using minicom, to test the username / password.. same
> > result...
> > 
> > i know the username /pw works, cuz it works in Win95's DUN..
> > 
> > what am i missing?
> > 
> 
> There's bound to be some Mindspring users out there that can help you,
> unfortunately, I'm not one of them. :(  It is possible that they are
> using PAP or CHAP authentication, which you will need to find out from
> them.  Once you do, check out the HOWTO's on setting up the particular
> auth. they are using.  I've set up both PAP and CHAP on my machine, but
> not for Mindspring.  Once you find out what they are using and if you
> don't get better help somewhere else, let me know and I'll see if I can
> assist you.  Good luck.

  I am one of them but I'm not in front of my home machine right now..
Mindspring does not use PAP or CHAP.  I don't script in cuz I'm to lazy
to get chat working.  I just minicom right in w/o any problems.  I'll
mail my start up script if nobody posts one before me..
     -geary