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From: David Starkoff <dbs at uq.net.au>
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At 2001-09-13T21:52-0700, dr. stephan atzert wrote:

> does anyone access uq from home with a linux box? is
> it worth my while to keep trying? 

I'm quite happily connecting to UQ with two separate Linux boxes.  I
don't use kppp, so I can't comment on that, but it's something which
should work.

Red Hat 7.1's rp3 works quite nicely for me.  I believe it authenticates
using PAP or something.  Whatever it does, WvDial appears to guess the
appropriate things at the appropriate times.

On a less whizz-bang box, I've used a slightly tweaked version of Robert
Brockway's venerable vppp script for ages and ages now.  I'm pretty sure
there's a copy of it somewhere on the UQconnect support pages.  I'm not
sure how current it is, but it definitely does work.

At 2001-09-14T16:26+1000, Robert Brockway wrote:

> Set debugging logs higher and see where it is failing.

Solid advice.  It might be a modem init string problem; it might be a
software problem.  But you should definitely be able to speak to UQ
using Linux.

David.

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