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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!docws001!ottnews!tomqnx.tomqnx.com!tom From: Tom Torrance at home <tom@tomqnx.com> Subject: Re: PPP on FreeBSD v2.1.0 In-Reply-To: <31B9F12B.7909@idt.liberty.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: 159.249.8.221 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960609234137.1774C-100000@tomqnx.tomqnx.com> Sender: usenet@ottnews.shl.com (News Administrator) Organization: SHL Systemhouse Inc. (Ottawa) References: <4p56p5$8js@azure.acsu.buffalo.edu> <31B9F12B.7909@idt.liberty.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 03:46:22 GMT Lines: 36 On Sat, 8 Jun 1996, Fred Adorno wrote: > 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? I had similar problems with ppp as well using tun0 to communicate with a Shiva LAN Rover. Inspecting /var/log/ppp.log, I saw that it was complaining about an unknown protocol. Using pppd, everything worked great, but I really wish I could use the other version to get the demand dialling capability. -- tom@tomqnx.com Tom Torrance (613)828-3011a 27 Dayton Cr., Nepean Ont., Canada K2H 7N8