Anna: May I suggest you always write to the Speakup list with questions? It turns out I really don't know everything! <big grin> Apropos the advice from your ISP, Not sure how, exactly, you add -ppp to your username in the wvdial script, and not sure you need to. Have you tried dialing in? What happens? Have you simply appended -ppp to your username and tried that? Something like "anna -ppp" or maybe without the space? I do ppp dialups using wvdial, but don't append anything like that. Perhaps some of the wiser heads here can help more quickly than I. PS: Congrats on having an ISP that doesn't sneer at Linux. On Sun, 4 Aug 2002, Anna Schneider wrote: > > Hi Janina. Anna Schneider again. I take forever to do computer things, > but I have a bit of info and some questions for you. > > It turned out that one reason I couldn't get the login to finish with ppp > was because I didn't have the proper set up with my provider. I decided > to wait until August to change this, and now it is. I still have the > wvdial.conf file made from your instructions, but based on the following > informational message, it looks like my file needs to include some other > things. Could you read it and tell me what PAP and CHAP are, and were I > would put the server information and do I need IP and gateway slots in the > file even if that information will be fed in from the other end? > > Thanks. > > Anna > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 19:02:14 -0700 > From: Drizzle Technical Support <info at drizzle.net> > To: annas at drizzle.com > Subject: Drizzle Support - Linux PPP setup > > Hi Anna, > > If you're configuring Linux to connect to Drizzle, then we assume you have a > firm grasp of how to connect to an ISP. > > You can use PAP or CHAP to login. > > For your dial up connection, you need to append your username with "-ppp" > like this: > > annas-ppp > > Your connect script should look for some version of "login" and "Password" > and send your username (with the -ppp) and your password. > > Your IP address and Gateway address will be assigned dynamically via DHCP, > so you should leave them unspecified. Using 0.0.0.0 is the usual way of > doing this. > > POP3 server: pop.drizzle.com > > SMTP server: smtp.drizzle.com > > Dial-up Numbers > (206) 812-0034 - Seattle > (425) 974-0190 - Bellevue/Eastside > (425) 791-0139 - Everett/Snohomish > (253) 579-0111 - Tacoma/Pierce > > This information is found online at http://www.drizzle.com/vital.html > > If you have questions or need help, just contact us. Our tech support hours > are M-F 8 AM -7 PM. > > Good luck! > > Bill DeLarber > Drizzle Internet NW > info at drizzle.net > (206) 447-2702 > (800) 378-7405 > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
