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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!eff!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!toads.pgh.pa.us!w2xo.pgh.pa.us!durham From: durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us (James C. Durham) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,lists.freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Help: more than 2 com ports Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,lists.freebsd-questions Date: 9 Jul 1995 03:34:47 GMT Organization: The Toads Lines: 29 Message-ID: <3tnion$fsf@toads.pgh.pa.us> References: <3tnab5$h54@tpone.telepac.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.190.226.250.du.nauticom.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Tiago Rodrigues Antao (tra@telepac.pt) wrote: : Hi! : I've decided to change from Linux to FreeBSD 2.0.5. Although I've : recompiled Linux hundreds of times, its the first time I've compiled : FreeBSD kernel. I've a problem: I can't get the kernel to recognise my : modem on com3 - /dev/cua2 on Linux - /dev/cuaa3 on FreeBSD (I think), : I've put a line on the config file with sio2...irq 4..., but it still : doen't recognise the third serial port (It explictly say it cant find : on the log file), What have I done wrong?? Please help, right now I : have to use MS-DOG/Windoze to have ppp access because I cant use my : modem with FreeBSD :-( : Meanwhile, is there any difference (in practical terms) beetwen PPP : on kernel and tunneling(tun)? What's the difference beetwen pppd and : ppp? You will need to put the third and fourth ports on separate interrupts, like 10 and 11, then go into the kernel config file and put in entries for the 3rd and 4th ports with separate interrupts. Read the FAQs. Shared interrupts are only supported for certain cards, not the generic com cards. I'm not sure about the kernel PPP, but ppp is the client end and pppd is the server daemon, I believe, although I don't use PPP here. -Jim Durham