[AuckLUG] Dialup problem with dialup to Xtra

[Ravi Chemudugunta]

I suggest he get broadband, lol

seriously though, try recreating the setup by going over the connection
setup process, something may have changed without your knowledge ... it'll
also give you a chance to play around with options that you haven't yet
tried.

-ravi


On 3/16/07, John O'Gorman <john at og.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Has anyone had problems in the last 24 hours with Xtra dialups
>
> Specifically a friend of mine with a SuSE Linux laptop now gets a 2nd
> prompt saying Login/Network User: which causes his program to interpret
> this as a further login: request. The ISP then says that the CLI wants a
> keyword: LOGIN NETWROK PPP.
>
> His setup worked fine up till yesterday.
>
> Our attempts to use the Xtra helpline 0800 253 878 then 2 then 2
> resulted in an Alice in Wonderland conversation with an Oriental
> gentleman whoses first reaction was "We don't support Linux".
>
> We would welcome any helpful suggestions.
>
> regards
> John O'Gorman
>
>
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