From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 22 3: 8: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand4.global.net.uk (sand4.global.net.uk [194.126.80.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0660154E3 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 03:08:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from pfcs12a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.220.253] helo=marder-1.) by sand4.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 11IUXP-0003kJ-00; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 11:07:44 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id LAA00441; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 11:00:40 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 11:00:39 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: asdf Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp + modem dialing problems Message-ID: <19990822110039.D278@marder-1> References: <001301beec4e$089158e0$0300a8c0@superfly> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <001301beec4e$089158e0$0300a8c0@superfly>; from asdf on Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 08:25:49PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 08:25:49PM -0700, asdf wrote: > i can't get ppp to connect to my isp, well, actually, i can't get my > modem to dial here's the logs, no matter how i try to launch it, i > get ' warning: deflink: /dev/cuaa2: device not configured' so how do > i configure that? my modem is on com3 in windows, so im pretty sure > i should be using /dev/cuaa2. (i've tried /dev/cuaa0,1 and 3 Ignore what Winblows says. It changes things to suit itself. I've seen my (internal) modem show up as COM5 (!) in W95. Check what FreeBSD finds it as during boot (use ``dmesg''), e.g here's mine: marder-1:/etc{58}% dmesg Copyright (c) 1992-1999 FreeBSD Inc. Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #3: Wed Jun 30 00:59:48 BST 1999 marko@marder-1:/usr/src/sys/compile/MARDER-1 [.....] sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa sio0: type 16550A sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa sio1: type 16550A sio2 at 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 9 on isa sio2: type 16550A sio2 is my modem and therefore is /dev/cuaa2 (or which ever device it turns out to be) Also check that /dev/cuaa2 exists. If not then as root: # cd /dev # ./MAKEDEV cuaa2 -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message