Thanks. I didn't know there was a separate, numeric network ID (and I don't think my friend did either). Finally this all makes sense! I knew there had to be something different between AT&T and BellSouth, and you're the first one with a clue in that direction.
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From: <mrobinso@fpkc.com>
Date: 2002/05/30 Thu PM 04:58:08 EDT
To: nolug@patientcarerx.com;
Subject: Re: Re: [Nolug] Connecting to AT&T Worldnet
The only other thing I can think of is to make sure your friend gave you his network user ID
& password and not his email user ID & password. WorldNet uses one (usually numeric)
user ID and password (usually a random string of 12+ upper & lower case letters, numbers &
symbols - not changeable by the user) to make the connection and another user ID (the
part preceding the @att.net) & password to access email, user setup, etc.
Take a look at the example account.txt file at http://www.wurd.com/eng/help/template.txt
. To connect, you want to use the LoginName and Password parameters.
Thus the "Network id is a non-digit or no @ sign" error message (?).
Mark Robinson
-----Original Message-----
Thanks, I already tried that and it didn't help. I was already able to dial BellSouth, and this
didn't make any difference at all. It IS an authorization problem, but other than telling how to
set up /etc/ppp/chap-secrets, which I have already done, it doesn't go any further. The
last error message I got said (Network id is a non-digit or no @ sign), and I have no idea
what to do about this.
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From: <mrobinso@fpkc.com>
Date: 2002/05/30 Thu AM 11:29:38 EDT
To: nolug@patientcarerx.com;
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Connecting to AT&T Worldnet
You may find some help at the WorldNet User's Reference Desk, specifically at
http://www.wurd.com/eng/setup/dialers/linux.html .
Mark Robinson
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