PPP and Ascend Pipeline routers

[Greg Neumann]

Using CHAP, and the ascend router is at thier end. It still surprises me 
that I can get the command prompt for the router.
-Greg

Cyber Source wrote:

> Is this ascend router on there end? Are they using CHAP or PAP 
> authentication?
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> Greg Neumann wrote:
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>> 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.
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