http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20423383 en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:32:20 EDT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:32:20 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20498234 hd_harry : I haven't replied to your response until now because I wanted to wait until I got back to Southern California to see if I could make a dial-up connection using Linux. Normally, I use my DSL connection when I'm in Southern California. I'm back in Southern California, and I can make a dial-up connection from Linux. That's what I'm doing now.

I've attached a portion of the log file that my Linux system creates, which includes the messages between my system and DSL Extreme while dial-up connections are being negotiated. There are three snippets: February 2008 from Phoenix, when I made a successful connection; May 2008 from Phoenix, when I could no longer make a connection from Linux; and today from Southern California where I can make a successful connection from Linux. If you review the attachment, you will see that the prompts from DSL Extreme have changed between February and May for the Phoenix connection. What I believe is another difference is that in addition to the normal squawks that the modem makes while the connection is being established, there are also two "dongs" that I hear in the middle of the normal squawks. I don't recall hearing them in February, and I don't hear them today from my Southern California connection.

Therefore, I conclude that DSL Extreme has made some change in the way the dial-up connection in the Phoenix area is negotiated. I would certainly like to know what that change is so that I can modify the Linux dial-up script that I use while I'm in Phoenix.

Thanks,

Harry

messages.txt 8,530 bytes Log File Snippits

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20498234 Sat, 17 May 2008 14:42:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20423383 dslx_gm : Hi hd_harry,

I don't believe any changes have been made to the dial-up network that would change the way you authenticate. Not sure why it would work on 98 and not under Linux. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20423383 Fri, 02 May 2008 20:34:41 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20423343 hd_harry : I'm trying to make a dial-up connection using a terminal application from both Windows 98SE and Linux. This is prompted from not being able to make a dial-up connection from Linux whereas I could this past February, the last time I tried to.

Reviewing a Linux log file, I can see that there has been a change in the prompts that DSL Extreme sends out during the log-in process. The prompt used to say "Username:/login:" after which I would enter my username (without @dslextrem.com). It would then say "Password:" after which I would enter my password, and my connection would be established.

Now the prompt is "Please Sign-on:" after which I enter my username (without @dslextreme.com). It then says "Password:" after which I enter my password. It then replies with "Name, password pair incorrect." This happens both on Linux using minicom and on Windows 98 using a US Robotics terminal program. Note that I can connect to the internet from Windows 98 using the normal dial-up procedure.

I called DSL Extreme tech support. The first person I talked to said that when I'm asked for my username I should enter it as username@dslextreme.com. I tried that on both Linux and Windows, and in both cases, as soon as I pressed the Enter key, it immediately replied with "Name, password pair incorrect," not giving me the opportunity to enter my password.

I called back DSL Extreme tech support and told them that appending @dslextreme.com to my username didn't work, and I was essentially told "tough, we don't support Linux." It seems like if DSL Extreme has made a change to the log-in process, they should be able to explain what has changed. I would appreciate any advice from DSL Extreme as to what I can do to regain the Linux dial-up connectivity that I previously had.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20423343 Fri, 02 May 2008 20:25:06 EDT