[9fans] Problem with Authentication in pppoe

[eduard.epi@t-online.de (Peter Bornemann)]

I really need help for the following problem:

I am using the ip/pppoe command for calling my provider. The d option
shows that progress is made until it comes to authentication. Then it
fails either after some retries or with some rather cryptic messages
concerning a test user? My username and password should be ok for I am
using it on other systems with success.

Now my username contains about 40 digits and letters, with # and @ in
between. (This name is given by the provider and cannot be changed) Do I
have do protect these signs with a backslash? Is the string
to long? Any help would be appreciated.

Peter B

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