From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 21 07:08:22 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8BA616A4CE for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 07:08:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8111943D1D for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 07:08:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jshamlet@comcast.net) Received: from localhost.invalid (pcp04637401pcs.gambrl01.md.comcast.net[68.49.84.210]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004022115082101100nkf0se>; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:08:21 +0000 From: "J. Seth Henry" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:08:20 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <20040221012952.8C9CB16A4E7@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20040221012952.8C9CB16A4E7@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200402211008.20684.jshamlet@comcast.net> cc: Daniela Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 48, Issue 21 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:08:22 -0000 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 > 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