[techtalk] dialup problems RH 6.1, Corel, Caldera

[Julie Meloni]

Caitlyn Máire Martin wrote:
> 
> Hi, Carla,
> 
> I use Caldera 2.4 (mostly) and Red Hat 6.0 on one machine.  I use KPPP.  I
> had no problems whatsoever getting my dialup to work well.
> 
> > In RH 6.1 I had to install ppp & start from scratch. Same symptom every
> > one: it dials, "ppp daemon dies unexpectedly."
> 
> I got that and had to change one of my settings.  Check all your modem
> settings, as well as your DNS settings as provided by the ISP.  This
> *should* be easy to correct.
> 

Last line sure is true..it's trial and error.  Most of the times I've
had that error, I just had to specify "noauth" as a pppd flag. 
Yesterday, actually, on my Corel test install (gotta try 'em all!).  It
did the trick.
 

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