From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 22 15:35: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from po4.wam.umd.edu (po4.wam.umd.edu [128.8.10.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2475D37B404 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:34:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from rac3.wam.umd.edu (IDENT:root@rac3.wam.umd.edu [128.8.10.143]) by po4.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA28589; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:34:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from rac3.wam.umd.edu (IDENT:sendmail@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rac3.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA26356; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:34:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (culverk@localhost) by rac3.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA26352; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:34:40 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: rac3.wam.umd.edu: culverk owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:34:40 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver To: rootman Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kPPP dies - Can't connect to ISP Please Help! In-Reply-To: <3A6D629A.9097886D@xmission.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I would recommend using the regular userland ppp on the command-line type "man ppp" and also look online (from windows I guess) at the handbook on www.freebsd.org... the link is on the right, just look for ppp. ================================================================= | Kenneth Culver | FreeBSD: The best NT upgrade | | Unix Systems Administrator | ICQ #: 24767726 | | and student at The | AIM: muythaibxr | | The University of Maryland, | Website: (Under Construction) | | College Park. | http://www.wam.umd.edu/~culverk/| ================================================================= On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, rootman wrote: > Hi, > > I hope somebody is watching the list right now. > > I've installed FreeBSD 4.2 -RELEASE on > my home pc and have it dual - booting with > WIN98 on separate hard drives. > > I just set up and paid for an account with a > local ISP who confirmed they support BSD, > UNIX and Linux connections. > > I got all the information from them, domain > name, primary & secondary DNS, etc. and > configured kPPP. They advised I use PAP > authentication. > > Everytime I dial, when kPPP connects, it > core dumps and I get the following error: > > >pppd[426]: Inf file /etc/ppp/options: unrecognized option 'o^Z' > > I've followed all the set up instructions in > the kPPP help section regarding PAP > configuration and nothing seems to work. > > I asked tech support at the ISP if I needed > to used "script-based" authentication and > he said no. He said PAP should work. > > Can anybody help me get this fixed? > > Thanks > > -r > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message