Subject: [LI] Connecting to the Internet

["Pankaj Mathur" <matsulsan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Arun,
just check your dialer script - most likely what is happening is that your 
script says expect "ogin" or something while your ISP is probably sending 
'Username" so in short there is a mismatch in the command (even case is 
important). Thus your dialler just keeps sitting there waiting for the right 
command generally "ogin" which never comes as oyur ISP is using a diff one 
and after sometime the connection times out.. In case you are not sure the 
easiest way is to check it thru windows by specifying "bring up the screen 
after dial up" and you will be able to see what your ISP is sending "User, 
Username etc" and change the deatils in your dialer script. Usually omit the 
first one or two letters so that mismatch of case is taken care of like 
using "ername" for "Username or username" or "ssword" for "Password or 
password". Once you set it right it should function. I think(not sure) if 
you look in /var/log/messages then also you should see what was send by your 
ISP and what your Linux box was expecting.
HTH
Pankaj Mathur
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From: Arun Jayaprakash <arun_jayaprakash@xxxxxxxxx>

I tried connecting to the Internet and found that the
connection was going through even though the
connection was made properly. The dialer connects to
my ISP and just stays there. After a minute or so the
line gets disconnected and the dialer retries again. I
don't have the same problem from Windows. So it cannot
be a line problem. What is the problem?
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