> Hello,
> I bought an external ISDN TA because the word was(is) this works like a
> modem and Linux should be able to cope with that.
> I tried connecting using Kppp and Wvdial as frontends (easy setup). A normal
> modem isn't a problem at all with any of these frontends.
> But ....
> When i try to connect using the ISDN TA the dial-up is started but times out
> after about <=1 minute.
> I configured the TA with some AT commands which work fine in Windows.
> It looks like pppd has problems (authentication ??)
> At this point i really don't have a clue where to look for.
> Any help will be welcome !
In my experience, ISDN always uses pap authentication, in which case
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets must contain your login info, one item per line, e.g., if
your login is 'foo' and your password is 'bar' then the file would say simply
foo
bar
If authentication is a problem, 'tail /var/log/messages' right after the
timeout should show that the serial line came up, then authentication failed,
then serial line disconnected.
I use no AT commands at all- the TA is an Eicon Diva, distro is RH 6.0.
There's a fairly good doc with a basic chat script (which worked right out of
the box for me) in RH /doc/HOWTO/mini/unmaintained/ISDN)
hope this helps
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