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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Modem problems -- possible newbie question
Date: 25 Jun 1997 09:38:30 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5oq0dh$i0s$1@news12.gte.net>,
"Beth Arnold" <beth_arnold@hotmail.com> writes:
> I just installed FreeBSD for the first time and can't get my modem to work.
> It is a USR Sportster 33.6 modem without Plug and Play support that works
> fine under Windows NT. I am using version 2.2.2 of FreeBSD. I have tried
> putting it on all different com ports and at different IRQ settings.
> Originally, I used the default settings on the modem. Com 2 IRQ 3. That
> didn't work so I enabled the sio2 and sio3 ports. I used the sio2 default
> (0x3e8-0x3ef, IRQ 5). I then changed the jumpers on the modem to the com3
> irq 5 settings. I tried com4, irq 5. There are no conflicts. Everything
> looks ok at boot.
>
> ex: On com 4, IRQ 5 the sio thing looks like:
>
> sio3 at 0x2e8-0x2ef irq 5 on isa
> sio3: type 16550A
>
> I always have the same problem
>
> I start user process ppp and then type "term". It looks like it is
> working, but when I type "AT" or other modem commands nothing happens. The
> AT doesn't appear on the screen, the modem doesn't say or do anything.
Do you have any "set parity" statements in your ppp.conf ? There was
a problem here that has been fixed (and is available on
http://www.freebsd.org/~brian in the June 24 archive).
If this doesn't help (or you don't use "set parity"), your best bet
is to start with tip/cu/kermit, and make sure that the serial device
itself is functional. Are you using cuaa* or ttyd*. I've never really
had much luck with ttyd* and always use cuaa*.
> Does "ifconfig: interface ppp0 does not exist" during boot mean anything?
That applies to pppd, not ppp so it shouldn't matter.
> BTW, how do I get rid of that annoying "login: login_getclass: unknown
> class 'root'" message when I log in?
Download
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/etc/login.conf
and put it in your /etc directory.
> Thank you,
>
> Beth
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