Troubleshooting guide

How do I know if my PAP username and password are correct?
After you have confirmed that your ISP is using PAP, issue the debug ppp negotiation command to confirm
that your PAP username and password are correct.
Router#debug ppp negotiation
*Mar 2 00:50:15.741: Vi1 PPP: Treating connection as a callout
*Mar 2 00:50:15.745: Vi1 PPP: Phase is ESTABLISHING, Active Open [0 sess, 1 load]
*Mar 2 00:50:15.745: Vi1 PPP: No remote authentication for call−out
*Mar 2 00:50:15.745: Vi1 LCP: O CONFREQ [Closed] id 177 Len 10
*Mar 2 00:50:15.745: Vi1 LCP: MagicNumber 0x35EB5D4F (0x050635EB5D4F)
*Mar 2 00:50:15.789: Vi1 LCP: I CONFACK [REQsent] id 177 Len 10
*Mar 2 00:50:15.793: Vi1 LCP: MagicNumber 0x35EB5D4F (0x050635EB5D4F)
*Mar 2 00:50:17.241: Vi1 LCP: I CONFREQ [ACKrcvd] id 203 Len 14
*Mar 2 00:50:17.241: Vi1 LCP: AuthProto PAP (0x0304C023)
*Mar 2 00:50:17.241: Vi1 LCP: MagicNumber 0x3E1D1E5E (0x05063E1D1E5E)
*Mar 2 00:50:17.245: Vi1 LCP: O CONFACK [ACKrcvd] id 203 Len 14
*Mar 2 00:50:17.245: Vi1 LCP: AuthProto PAP (0x0304C023)
*Mar 2 00:50:17.245: Vi1 LCP: MagicNumber 0x3E1D1E5E (0x05063E1D1E5E)
*Mar 2 00:50:17.249: Vi1 LCP: State is Open
*Mar 2 00:50:17.249: Vi1 PPP: Phase is AUTHENTICATING, by the peer [0 sess, 1 load]
*Mar 2 00:50:17.249: Vi1 PAP: O AUTH−REQ id 9 Len 14 from "cisco"
!−−− "cisco" is the PAP username configured on this DSL Router.
*Mar 2 00:50:17.297: Vi1 PAP: I AUTH−NAK id 9 Len 27 msg is "Authentication failure"
*Mar 2 00:50:17.301: Vi1 LCP: I TERMREQ [Open] id 204 Len 4
*Mar 2 00:50:17.301: Vi1 LCP: O TERMACK [Open] id 204 Len 4
*Mar 2 00:50:17.305: Vi1 PPP: Phase is TERMINATING [0 sess, 1 load]u
*Mar 2 00:50:19.305: Vi1 LCP: TIMEout: State TERMsent
*Mar 2 00:50:19.305: Vi1 LCP: State is Closed
*Mar 2 00:50:19.305: Vi1 PPP: Phase is DOWN [0 sess, 1 load]
If you have a PAP authentication problem, you should see the LCP state go to Open. Directly following the
LCP state change you should see PPP go into an Authenticating phase. If one of the next two lines contains I
AUTH−NAK, either your PAP username or PAP password is incorrect. At this point, you need to reconfigure
your PAP username and password using the following sequence of commands. Note that your PAP username
and password are case sensitive.
Router#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#interface dialer 1
Router(config−if)#ppp pap sent−username <username> password <password>
Router(config−if)#end
Router#write memory
How do I know if my CHAP username and password are correct?
After you have confirmed that your ISP is using CHAP, issue the debug ppp negotiation command to
confirm that your CHAP username and password are correct.
Router#debug ppp negotiation
*Mar 3 02:51:47.287: Vi1 PPP: Treating connection as a callout
*Mar 3 02:51:47.287: Vi1 PPP: Phase is ESTABLISHING, Active Open [0 sess, 1 load]
*Mar 3 02:51:47.291: Vi1 PPP: No remote authentication for call−out
*Mar 3 02:51:47.291: Vi1 LCP: O CONFREQ [Closed] id 188 Len 10
*Mar 3 02:51:47.291: Vi1 LCP: MagicNumber 0x3B821FF1 (0x05063B821FF1)
*Mar 3 02:51:47.339: Vi1 LCP: I CONFREQ [REQsent] id 204 Len 15
*Mar 3 02:51:47.343: Vi1 LCP: AuthProto CHAP (0x0305C22305)
*Mar 3 02:51:47.343: Vi1 LCP: MagicNumber 0x43B3F393 (0x050643B3F393)
*Mar 3 02:51:47.343: Vi1 LCP: O CONFACK [REQsent] id 204 Len 15
*Mar 3 02:51:47.347: Vi1 LCP: AuthProto CHAP (0x0305C22305)
Cisco DSL Router Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide