Re: [LUG] Kppp and pppd - differences?

[John Horne <J.Horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 26-Feb-2002 at 15:40:47 Simon Waters wrote:
> John Horne wrote:
> > atz
> modem reset ?!
Yup.

> > OK
> > atl0
> ......No idea....?
Modem volume level 0 - which doesn't mean off :-) That's an 'ell' in there
btw, not a one.

> > OK
> > ATDT1430845-6389891
> Is 143 on of those cheapo telecom companies? 
Yup.

> Are they really cheaper for 0845?
I've only just joined so until my next phone bill I can't really say. I used
to use freenet (0845) over a BT line - so I paid BT for the calls but
nothing to the ISP. That's okay but I'm using the Internet more, and long
downloads were obviously starting to cost a bit. The idea here is that I pay
#7 a month (#21 a quarter) to the ISP for unlimited Internet access. I pay
nothing to BT, except the line rental. In that respect I should get back my
low-user rebate again as well (I hope; I think). Considering I was paying
more than #21 a quarter to BT, without the long downloads, it seemed a good
deal to join this ISP.

> But the methodical approach is to switch on debugging in kppp,
> and rip the options being passed to pppd from the log.
Can't remember a 'debugging' switch but I'll look. I have no objection to
using kppp, its just that when I first got the modem I used pppd via scripts
and stuck with it since then.


John.

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