Help --- can't get on to CenturyTel ISP

[Gary Hildebrand]

For everyone who might be following this thread:


I can get into other CenTel servers, Cameron and Easton, but not
Savannah (local phone call!).  What I concluded is that the modems fail
to properly negotiate baud rate & protocol and I'm dead in the water. 
CenTel uses standard PAP-CHAP authentication, which I've used
successfuly on all my other ISP services, and two of their servers.

How can I convince their WINDOWS-driven narrow minds to accept my
answer?  Maybe someone might know of whomever maintains their equipment
and I can contact them.

What I would like to do is experiment with other Linux users who could
use my login & password on their systems to see if they might have
problems.  If interested, contact me offlist  ghldbrd AT ccp DOT com

Gary Hildebrand



John, Miller wrote:

> Gary,
> You might try doing a 'tail /var/log/messages' immediately after dialing.
> This will let you see the commands your modem issues and if there are any
> errors.
>   You might also call up CenturyTel tech support and see if they can tell
> you what sort of authentication they use.  If they only support Windows, you
> might have to fake things a little bit....
> 
> John Miller
> john at jorymil.com