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Date:      Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:28:15 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Satwant <satwant@lachman.com>
To:        John Derk <johnderk@infoserve.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Configuring ppp/modem
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.980717092558.2306G-100000@satwant.lachman.com>
In-Reply-To: <35AEF43D.F129A4E9@infoserve.net>

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I am having similar problems with my internal modem as well. In my case
not only does ppp not work, but even at boot time, my system says
"sio1 not found" .

Do a "dmesg | grep sio" to look for a similar message.

I am sorry I am not giving a solution, just relating my experience.
-Satwant.


On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, John Derk wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi. I'm working on configuring my pc in dualboot fashion: Windows 95 and
> FreeBSD. I'm currently trying to set up my system  for dialup internet
> access.
> 
> I did the best I could, referring to the Pedantic PPP Primer (the
> section "Configuring the PPP Dial-Out Connection") and the user-ppp
> section of the FreeBSD Handbook.
> 
> The modem is a USR Sportster 33.6 (internal faxmodem, model 840)
> assigned to com 3/irq 5.
> 
> My /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file, included below,  is based on the example in
> the Pedantic Primer.
> 
> I try to dial my isp with the following commands:
>      ppp
>      dial interactive
> but with no success. The program tries to dial, fails, and retries, ten
> times. Error message is this: "Warning: DialModem: dial failed."
> 
> Any ideas how to get this thing to work?
> 
> Thanks.
> John Derk <johnderk@infoserve.net>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ###############################################################
> # PPP Configuration File ('/etc/ppp/ppp.conf')
> #
> # Default settings; These are always executed when PPP is
> # is invoked and apply to all system configurations.
> ###############################################################
> default:
>  set device /dev/cuaa2
>  set speed 115200
>  disable pred1
>  deny pred1
>  disable lqr
>  deny lqr
>  set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" ATE1Q0M0
> OK-AT-OK\\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT"
>  set redial 3 10
> #
> #
> ##############################################################
> #
> # For interactive mode use this configuration:
> #
> # Invoke with `ppp -alias interactive'
> #
> ##############################################################
> interactive:
>  set authname johnderk
>  set authkey in4serve
>  set phone 638-8000
>  set timeout 300
>  set openmode active
>  accept chap
> #
> ##############################################################
> #
> # For demand-dial (automatic) mode, we'll use this configuration:
> #
> # Invoke with: `ppp -auto -alias demand'
> #
> ##############################################################
> demand:
>  set authname johnderk
>  set authkey in4serve
>  set phone 638-8000
>  set timeout 300
>  set openmode active
>  accept chap
>  set ifaddr 127.1.1.1/0 199.175.157.2/0 255.255.255.0
>  add 0 0 199.175.157.2
> #############################################################
> # End of /etc/ppp/ppp.conf
> 
> 
> 
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