[ILUG] Eircom Dial-up

[conor.daly at cod.utvinternet.com]

On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 02:54:08PM +0000 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Robert Kiely thought:
> Hi all,
> 
>      I've installed the hcf pci modem drivers and got them working
> with ppp using pon and poff. When I type pon eircom the modem picks up
> and dials. It does all it's stuff but never connects. Looking at the
> output of the syslog the last few lines is something like CHAP
> challenge key <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> name : something
> (can't remember) then the pppd responds with
> response key <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> name : username.
> then it say authentication failed and hangs up. I'm using eircom flat
> rate if it's of any interest and it's always take one or two tries to
> get on with windows but it never gets on with Linux. Any help or ideas
> appreciated. Just in case your wondering I'm pretty sure the config is
> correct since I used pppconfig to set it up.

Try connecting with minicom, figure out what the session looks like then
adjust your config to match.  IIRC, eircom's diallup servers don't return
a "password" prompt so your password never gets sent.  I used to send both
login and password in response to the "login" prompt.  A string like:
"loginname\npassword" in the "Login" field.

Conor who doesn't have to do diallup anymore...
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Conor Daly <conor.daly at oceanfree.net>

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