[ale] Mindspring and kppp

[Dow Hurst]

I have had the same problem!  Ended up using wvdial instead, which can
force ppp to start.  I concluded my test by thinking that the login in
on some phone numbers at Mindspring really were connecting to
different servers with different subtle send-expect strings to start
ppp.  I have had good success with the old 4046541350 number using the
final expect-send pair of expect "~" send "".  The newer number I
haven't gotten Mindspring to help me with yet.  I was trying to work
the problem myself using O'Reilly's PPP book.  Does anyone have a
working setup of expect-send pairs that works with the newer Atlanta
numbers or the 800 number?  Has anyone looked at the online log of
attempted connections and noticed that the strings are different?  So
far wvdial has worked on every number, so doesn't that mean that some
servers want the client to start PPP instead of the otherway round
since wvdial will start PPP if the server won't?

Here is my expect-send pair list I use(personal info changed to
protect the guilty!)

"ogin" "email at wherever.mindspring.com"
"assword" "blahblah"
"~" ""

That is all I need for the older number.  Thanks for the help, 
Dow

tom at watson.st wrote:
> 
> I had the same problem with CorelLinux dist. and kppp. I even got the
> mindspring tech support on the line while they watched the login and they
> told me that PPP was not starting after they had handshaked. I found out
> that PPP was not compiled into my kernal for some reason and did not take
> the time to fix that because I downloaded RH 6.1 which did not have the
> same problem.
> 
> Tom
> 
> At 04:23 PM 12/16/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >I'm changing internet providers from bellsouth.net to mindspring (I've had as
> >much fun as I can stand...) and I'm having a problem getting kppp to work
> >properly. I'm using PAP, the DNS name is correct, the DNS addresses are
> >correct... As far as I can tell everything is correct... However,
> >mindspring.com keeps timing out. Anybody got any suggestions? I've played
> with
> >all of the options in the modem and ppp section of kppp and have not been
> able
> >to solve this problem. Any help is appreciated.
> >
> >
> >Best
> >
> >M. Peck Dickens
> >
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