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Has anyone had any grief connecting a linux box to *.net?

I have a setup with wvdial that worked a few months ago.
I haven't used it since. I tried again last night.

It dialled up, got the name and password prompts,
then the * server gave a message like
"available commands: list, help"
instead of starting the PPP session.

I checked the password using Win98. It hasn't changed.
The messages file jst says that the PPP session was not established.
The * help http://www.*.net/member_help/000050.htm says you
can use linux but they don't support it.

What is going on?

Thanks for your help,
Larg

In that case eliminating the carriage return may be all that is needed,
something that can be done with the chat program.

You might try to roll your own by using pppd and chat.  There is
a script in ppp-secrets.gz at http://www.veryComputer.com/~kite/ that
includes instructions for it's use and should be easily adaptable
for most people.

A good site for understanding and debugging pppd and chat connections is

http://www.veryComputer.com/

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