Getting disconnected from University dial in !!

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mb1980 · Post by **mb1980** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 3:06 am

Hey,
I have problems connecting to my University via WVDIAL.
Over a normal ISP it wasn't a problem to get a connection to the internet.
When I try to connect to the University first the connection gets established and I got an pppid assigned. But after a couple of seconds the connection suddenly fails and wvdial tries to reconnect. And that every time !!
Does anyone have a solution for that ??
Thanks
Mat

bmichaelsen · Post by **bmichaelsen** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 8:39 am

Maybe your university uses chap-authentication. In this case in might even help to add

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"uni"       *       "uni"

to /etc/ppp/chap-secrets.

mb1980 · Post by **mb1980** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 11:35 am

Thanks for the post! sounds helpful !
what do I have to insert in the chap-secrets file if I have one connection to the uni and one connection to an ISP ????
Thx,
Mat

bmichaelsen · Post by **bmichaelsen** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 3:45 pm

what do I have to insert in the chap-secrets file if I have one connection to the uni and one connection to an ISP ????

since there is a "*" in server section this secret is used for all connections. But since you ISP doesnt use pap it should still work. Your Uni may just want *some* answer to a chap request ...

mb1980 · Post by **mb1980** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 4:36 am

thanks for the help. I tried it today and everything it working fine know