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Date:      Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:08:20 -0500
From:      "J. Seth Henry" <jshamlet@comcast.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Daniela <dgw@liwest.at>
Subject:   Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 48, Issue 21
Message-ID:  <200402211008.20684.jshamlet@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To: <20040221012952.8C9CB16A4E7@hub.freebsd.org>
References:  <20040221012952.8C9CB16A4E7@hub.freebsd.org>

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Daniela,
The ugen device means that there wasn't a kernel driver to handle the devic=
e.=20
I don't believe you can use the ugen device as a formatted device (like cua=
a,=20
tty, etc).

What is the exact model of your modem? Most of the Alcatel SpeedTouch model=
s I=20
looked at claimed to have a UTP network port on them. I'm on a cable modem=
=20
myself, but could you switch out the modem for one that does have a network=
=20
port?

Regards,
Seth Henry

On Friday, February 20, 2004 20:29, freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org=20
wrote:
> From: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at>
> Subject: USB modem support?
> To: questions@freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <200402210226.24650.dgw@liwest.at>
> Content-Type: text/plain; =A0charset=3D"us-ascii"
>
> I'm having problems with an USB ADSL modem (Alcatel Speed Touch). It is
> recognized at boot time, but when I try to connect, it tells me that the
> modem is busy.
> I symlinked /dev/cuaa3 to /dev/ugen1 (that's the device that showed up in
> the boot messages) and directed the kppp utility to use /dev/cuaa3. I
> entered all the information it asked me for, and then I got the error
> message: Modem is busy. My ISP told me to f*** off and get Windoze.
> Anything else is unsupported.
>
> Is it a hardware problem or a classical case of a dumb user?
> I'm not unexperienced with Ethernet connections, and I have a great
> knowledge of the TCP/IP standard, but I have never done anything with
> modems, so I can't even imagine how this stuff works.
>
> Regards,
> Daniela



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