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From: Fred Adorno <fadorn19@idt.liberty.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PPP on FreeBSD v2.1.0
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 14:31:23 -0700
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wsiaton@acsu.buffalo.edu wrote:
> 
> Help!!!
> 
>      I have a problem getting PPP setup.  I dial and connect, but i can't
> do anything after that.  I hit Alt-F2, login, etc. and then try to ftp,
> telnet, etc. and It just sits there.  I also get an error when i swtich
> to packet mode that says something like a file is already there.
> 
>      I also have another problem.  FreeBSD doesn't always detect my
> modem.  Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't.  My modem is on COM2
> (sio1).
> 
>      If you have any ideas, please send me e-mail.  Thanx.
> 
> ---
> Alan Jurek (jurekam@merwan.sunyerie.edu)
> Buffalo, NY USA
You need to give up more info about your setup.  For example are you 
trying to setup a dial-up connection using tun or pppd?  Have you 
configured the devices to recognize your modem?  Is your connection 
static or dynamic? What program are you using to dial-up? Chat, kermit 
or other?