[PLUG] Configuring Iqara broadband on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

[Parag Shah]

Hi Anant,

Thanks for your suggestions. I will try them out.

Regards
Parag
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On 5/28/07, Anant Nitya <ananitya at prachanda.info> wrote:
>
> On Monday 28 May 2007 15:08:20 Parag Shah wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to configure my broadband (Iqara ) on Ubuntu - Feisty Fawn.
> >
> > I was able to setup /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider using pppoeconf.
> However,
> > when I try to connect to Iqara using
> > "pon dsl-provider"
> > I get an authentication failure I have verified the username and
> password
> > (by changing settings in options to actually show the username and
> password
> > in the log file), and they are correct. The authentication mechanism
> being
> > used is PAP.
> >
> > Has anyone come accross this problem? Any pointers will be very
> helpfull.
> >
> Given the fact most of the providers using CHAP rather PAP by default, how
> about enforcing CHAP at your end PPPD options. Besides that, you could
> also
> increase the verbosity of PPPD as well as provide options to log all the
> details somewhere and then can see what problem is there.
>
> Please read __ man pppd __ to see how to make PPPD be more verbose as well
> as
> to log to a specific file.
>
> Regards
> Ananitya
>
>
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