From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 9 21:42:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA13891 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 21:42:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA13885 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 21:42:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA19123; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 21:42:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 21:42:04 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Patrick Seal cc: FBSDQ Subject: Re: PPP! In-Reply-To: <001301be0a01$168df640$076cfccd@asus.hyperhost.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Patrick Seal wrote: > ppp no like me. > I AM USING THE NEWEST VERSION FROM 11/5/98 > > I'm having trouble with setting up PPP. I can type: > ppp > ppp ON micon> term > > and I can connect fine. > > When I use the ppp.conf with -dedicated it blows up! > During ppp startup (ppp -dedicated micron) TR/MR/RC/CS lightup meaning > a connection to the modem. But that's all that happens! The connection is looping back. I suggest reading the ppp manpge and checking your usage of -dedicated. > the log file complains that the magic is the same (YES I did read the > FAQ, but the modem hasn't even tried to dial the number yet!) Um, -dedicated is for null modem connections. Read the man page! Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message