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>         I'm having a heck of a time trying to get a PPP connection to work with
> my new ISP.  I've successfully configured it for my two previous ISP's,
> but this one's really fighting me.  If there happens to be anyone
> reading this in Michigan with the same ISP, it happens to be "Voyager".
> I think I've figured out that they are using PAP authentication
> (although their tech support person was not able to tell me that for
> sure, and refused to help me because I am not using either Windows or a
> Mac).  However, with everything I try in my "options", and
> "ppp-on-dialer" (chat script) files, it always seems to come back with
> the message:

> LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests

> after sitting for a while seemingly waiting for something on the server
> side.

> As my .signature file below shows, I'm running Red Hat 4.2 on a "PC".
> I've been fighting with this for many hours straight now, and I would
> greatly appreciate any help anyone could give me.  Thanks.

> --
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>                         P120+ Cyrix 6x86, Win95 & RedHat Linux w/ CDE
> Matt Harrell            Adaptec AHA2940 Fast SCSI-2 controller
> Lansing, MI, U.S.A.     64MB RAM, 2.1GB EIDE and 1.28GB SCSI-2 disks

>                         Diamond Stealth 64 4MB VRAM, APC UPS-Pro 280
> ------========++++++++++***********************++++++++++========------

>         I'm having a heck of a time trying to get a PPP connection to work with
> my new ISP.  I've successfully configured it for my two previous ISP's,
> but this one's really fighting me.  If there happens to be anyone
> reading this in Michigan with the same ISP, it happens to be "Voyager".
> I think I've figured out that they are using PAP authentication
> (although their tech support person was not able to tell me that for
> sure, and refused to help me because I am not using either Windows or a
> Mac).  However, with everything I try in my "options", and
> "ppp-on-dialer" (chat script) files, it always seems to come back with
> the message:

> LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests

> after sitting for a while seemingly waiting for something on the server
> side.

> As my .signature file below shows, I'm running Red Hat 4.2 on a "PC".
> I've been fighting with this for many hours straight now, and I would
> greatly appreciate any help anyone could give me.  Thanks.

> --
> ------========++++++++++***********************++++++++++========------
>                         P120+ Cyrix 6x86, Win95 & RedHat Linux w/ CDE
> Matt Harrell            Adaptec AHA2940 Fast SCSI-2 controller
> Lansing, MI, U.S.A.     64MB RAM, 2.1GB EIDE and 1.28GB SCSI-2 disks

>                         Diamond Stealth 64 4MB VRAM, APC UPS-Pro 280
> ------========++++++++++***********************++++++++++========------

> > Hello,

> >         I'm having a heck of a time trying to get a PPP connection to work with
> > my new ISP.  I've successfully configured it for my two previous ISP's,
> > but this one's really fighting me.  If there happens to be anyone
> > reading this in Michigan with the same ISP, it happens to be "Voyager".
> > I think I've figured out that they are using PAP authentication
> > (although their tech support person was not able to tell me that for
> > sure, and refused to help me because I am not using either Windows or a
> > Mac).  However, with everything I try in my "options", and
> > "ppp-on-dialer" (chat script) files, it always seems to come back with
> > the message:

> > LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests

> > after sitting for a while seemingly waiting for something on the server
> > side.

> > As my .signature file below shows, I'm running Red Hat 4.2 on a "PC".
> > I've been fighting with this for many hours straight now, and I would
> > greatly appreciate any help anyone could give me.  Thanks.

> > --
> > ------========++++++++++***********************++++++++++========------
> >                         P120+ Cyrix 6x86, Win95 & RedHat Linux w/ CDE
> > Matt Harrell            Adaptec AHA2940 Fast SCSI-2 controller
> > Lansing, MI, U.S.A.     64MB RAM, 2.1GB EIDE and 1.28GB SCSI-2 disks

> >                         Diamond Stealth 64 4MB VRAM, APC UPS-Pro 280
> > ------========++++++++++***********************++++++++++========------

>   I had the same PAP problem with my ISP. Turns out that somebody changed the PAP
> parameters because of a hacker,  but nobody could tell me what to do.  I ended up
> changing ISPs.

> Paul