Subject: Re: Could somebody help me connecting to ISP using pppd?
To: Kanghoon Lee <klee@creativecorp.com>
From: Joel Reicher <joel@panacea.null.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/24/1999 22:34:52
> I have just installed NetBSD 1.4 on my machine and was trying to connect to
> ISP using pppd.  I followed faq and setup chat script, but I still could not
> get it to connect.  When I looked at the error file, it seemed to get hung
> up after the ISP sends the login: prompt.  My chat script doesn't seem to
> send login name and password.  In my chat-script, I typed in
> 
> login: #klee <-- I had to type "#" in front of my login name in Win95.
> ssword: klee

The problem is probably that your chat script should read

login:
#klee
ssword:
klee

at this point. chat alternates lines between expecting to receive the
specified text and sending the text. What's above means that chat will
expect login: and then send #klee, etc.

BTW, that # is really strange.

Cheers,

	- Joel Reicher