PPP and Ascend Pipeline routers

[Cyber Source]

Is this ascend router on there end? Are they using CHAP or PAP 
authentication?

Greg Neumann wrote:

> I've been using Windows too long at work!
> Genera outlind:
> Mother who has never used a GUI computer wants on the internet.
> Through work, I was able to get a pretty good deal w/ our provider.
> I DON'T want to be playing the "virus of the week / spyware of the 
> day" game over the phone every other day, so she's using KDE on 
> Slackware 10. Yeah, I know Gnome is good, but my experience w/ KDE is 
> that it's a bit less processor intensive, and this is an older machine.
> I dial up the provider and get dumped into an ascend command prompt 
> until KPPP times out. NOTHING I've been able to do changed that.
> I tried "ppp" at the "ascend%" prompt, "protocol not supported". This 
> does NOT happen in Windows. I had this same problem about seven years, 
> one server and two router/firewalls ago. I *gasp!* trashed the notes 
> w/ the old (486!) server about 4 years ago.  I've found two refernced 
> on Google, exactly stating my problem, but no answers, past "run KPPP" 
> or "don't have this problem".
> The Ascend router is obviously looking/waiting for something, but what??
> I've looked at the logs, and nothing helpful ... all is normal except 
> the ppp login never happens. Like the two computers looking at each 
> other waiting for the other to start something, getting bored and 
> hanging up.
> $%^#!!! I used to know this stuff! :-( Any ideas?
> thanks,
> Greg Neumann
> -brainnumbed by enforced windows use.