Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 00:23:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Sandip Srivastava <ssriva1@gl.umbc.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Communication problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960611002027.5035M-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.91.960610201745.19511A-100000@umbc9.umbc.edu>
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On Mon, 10 Jun 1996, Sandip Srivastava wrote: > I am not connected to a network and have no network card in my pc. I do > have a 14400 internal modem on com1 irq4 in my pc. > > When I run "seyon", I get the following messages: > > Warning: Could not execute `seyon-emu. > Notice: Falling to `xterm'. > > Modem initialization routine failed > > What's wrong here? The modem initialization failed. Try running seyon as: seyon -modems /dev/cuaa0 You can put the modems information in an X resource; see the seyon man page for info. > I have run "ppp" and am able to make a connection using "term", but > things don't work properly. The automatic dial routine does not work. > When I do get connected manually by using the "atdt" commands, I am not > able to ping any hosts even by using their IP addresses. Packets are > transmitted, but none are received. What could be wrong? You need to modify the script in /etc/ppp.conf to fit your provider's needs. For the broken packets, make sure the routing is OK. Check netstat -rn. > I connect to the "PPP" line as follows: You need to make a new login script in /etc/ppp.conf. check out /etc/ppp.conf or the ppp man page. > Help would be appreciated on how to configure "User PPP", and on how to > make "seyon" run. Try what I've written and look at the man pages. 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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