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Date:      Mon, 2 Sep 1996 21:39:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Guy Muff <rmuff@value.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Modem problems during installation.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960902213915.383D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <322BA0A8.C53@value.net>

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On Mon, 2 Sep 1996, Guy Muff wrote:

> I am installing FreeBSD on my PC as a learning experience, so 
> please excuse this if my question is dumb.
> 	While attempting to install FreeBSD 2.1.5 over a PPP connection I 
> can't seem to get the 'user process ppp' to communicate with my modem.  
> The only commands I can issue in 'term' mode are '~p' and '~.', and even 
> those aren't echoed on the screen.  I am using a US Robotics sportster 
> 28.8 internal on COM2, IRQ 3.

type 'show modem' and check the device part.  If it reads /dev/cuaa0, then
the port is set wrong; type 'set device /dev/cuaa1' to remedy it.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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