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["Ron Clarke" <ron AT ausreg.com>]

Hi David,

On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 11:13:10 -0800, David Moberg wrote:

> Ron Clarke wrote:

>> Hi Folks,

>> On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 12:52:33 +1200, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

>> > If the ISP login script is faulty, it shouldn't
>> > matter.  With "chat no" in eznet.conf you should
>> > never see the login prompts.  Perhaps there is
>> > some error in your eznet.conf?

>>     I have four (4) different ISP dial/logins set in eznet.conf, set
>> against

>> 0  etc

>> 1
>> 1
>> 1  etc

>> 2
>> 2
>> 2  etc

>> 3
>> 3
>> 3  etc

>>      and each is called by four little scripts that say eznet up 1/2/3/4

> Does your eznet.conf have 0 chat no, 1 chat no, 2 chat no, etc. for each
> connection which needs it?

    Yes. Every one is PAP/CHAP.

>> > On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 17:51:55 -0800, David Moberg wrote:

>> > You can do this with any Linux version if your glibc supports it.
>> > You can try copying over /etc/resolv.conf from Peanut (after you
>> > make sure that you have a backup!) and if all is well, it should
>> > accept a DNS address from your ISP. Of course, this happens after
>> > you get a connection.

The /etc/resolv.conf from Peanut just contains the two DNS numbers:

nameserver 202.83.64.2
nameserver 202.83.64.3


>>     Yerse !

> What does this mean? I'm from the U.S. and don't know many Australian
> terms.

    It means "yes".
 

>> > Have you tried wvdial yet? If so, did it give an error message?

>>    Does wvdial come with BL2 ?

> No. eznet works in most cases.

>> If not, what sould I look for ?

> Here's an FTP link to wvdial. Slackware 7.1 package, works with BL2.

> ftp://ftp.nara.wide.ad.jp/pub/Linux/linuxpackages/Slackware-7/wvdial-1.41/wvdial.tgz

   I just got a blank page with that.   :(
I will have to search for it.

> Perhaps it would be better if you could copy the configuration from Peanut
> Linux to BL2.

>> >  Perhaps there is some error in your eznet.conf?

>>    I would be willing to email a copy off-list if that would solve this
>> %$$@ing problem.

> Send one here, please. davidjmoberg (at) lycos (full stop) com.

    Will do that later.  I am on-line in DOS (Arachne) and cannot get it
from here.

    And thanks for your help, folks.

Regards,
         Ron


Ron Clarke
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