[H-GEN] Configuring Linux for Bigpond

[Robert Brockway]

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On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 PetJosCam at netscape.net wrote:

> After many months of trying to download Linux, I finally got my hands on
> a burnt copy of Mandrake 8.2.  Anyway, I made the transition from
> Windows and found myself, with limited experience, trying to setup an
> internet connection.  I filled in everything I knew without success.  I
> rang Telstra and they didn’t seem to want to help with anything Linux
> related.  From there I searched through the Bigpond website and found
> http://www.bigpond.com/Home/Support/Tools/Config/.  This answered a few
> of my questions but not all.  I was hoping someone here could help me
> out.
>
> I need to know what sought of authentication Bigpond uses and the domain
> name.  I am presuming that the connection name is Bigpond.

Hi Peter.  What sort of connectionare you trying to setup?  Bigpond is a
board brandname that covers cable, adsl & dialup moden connections.

For cable, look at the tool bpalogin.

For adsl, look at rp-pppoe.

For modem, we'd need to look at the specific problems you're seeing.  As
for authentication, I think Telstra would use chap.  You can configure
pppd to try both chap & pap & put the authentication info in the right
spot to try both.

Cheers,
	-Rob

-- Robert Brockway B.Sc. email: robert at timetraveller.org  ICQ: 104781119
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