Netscape for internet

[Enrico_3]

Hi,

can netscape connect to internet through a modem on a HP 715/80 with hp-ux 11.00 release?
If yes, how I can perform the connection to my internet service provider?
If I use the pppd, what is the meaning of "secret"? Is this a simple password I use with login at my provider or something other?

Enrico

[Brian Hackley]

Hi,

The answer to the basic question is "Yes HPUX 11.0 can connect your web browser to the Internet". Use PPP as you suspected. There are step by step configuration and debug instructions available online at http://docs.hp.com -> Network and Communcations -> LAN/9000 -> Installing and Administering PPP (HP-UX 10.x, HP-UX 11.0).

I searched on the word "Secret" in that doc and found this infos:
Link Peer Authentication



PPP implements both the Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) and the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP). If pppd is invoked with any of the authentication options, it demands that the peer (either calling or called) authenticate itself. The ppp.Auth(4) file contains pairs of either names and secrets for CHAP negotiation, or usernames and passwords for PAP negotiation. If a peer provides a name or username, its secret or password must match that found in the Auth file or the authentication phase fails and the connection is terminated. Each name/secret pair in the Auth file may be followed by address patterns restricting the peer's negotiated IP address. If an address restriction is specified for a particular name and the peer's negotiated IP address does not match the restriction address patterns, pppd terminates the connection.
The rechap interval option instructs pppd to periodically (every interval seconds) challenge the peer to authenticate itself. If the peer fails the new challenge, the link is terminated.

Hope this helps,

-> Brian Hackley