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Date:      Tue, 25 Feb 1997 19:05:30 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        David Hodge <#dlhodge@ix22.ix.netcom.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Requring information or process in proper configuration of ppp or installation of FreeBSD Kernal for PCMCIA modem access.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970225190153.5802O-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <3313375E.3206@popd.ix.netcom.com>

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On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, David Hodge wrote:

> The problem that I am experiencing is that the modem on my NEC VERSA
> 4230 notebook computer cannot access its PCMCIA modem card. I am now
> wondering if there some steps that I may have forgotten to include when
> configuring PPP configuration files. Or perhaps I neglected to select
> the proper options when configuring the kernel on my system. If you are
> aware of any area that I can visit, documenting that I can acquire, or
> if you have any information that could help me resolve this problem I'd
> appreciate it.

The system does not recognize PCCARD modems by default.  You need to
install the PAO package.  You can get PAO from
http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO.  I've used this package on three laptops
and it is a joy to set up and run.

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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