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Date:      Fri, 26 May 2000 09:05:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Thomas Good <tomg@mailhost.nrnet.org>
To:        Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
Cc:        Caleb Walker <calebwalker@netzero.net>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Modem
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000526090126.31614A-100000@mailhost.nrnet.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000526223456.A19718@welearn.com.au>

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On Fri, 26 May 2000, Sue Blake wrote:

> On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 06:23:04PM -0700, Caleb Walker wrote:
> > I have no Idea.  What I have done is out of a book and I dont think it is
> > even touching the icing on the cake.  I have in KPPP all cuaaX's but i think
> > 
> > my modem is tun0, but it is not configured either.  I dont seem to have good
> > info on making modems work.  I am not very good at UNIX yet, but I am
> > getting better.

Actually your modem is a device like /dev/cuaa0 (an unfortunate name)...
tun0 is tunnel-zero, another unfortunate name - this time for user ppp.

All you need do is edit /etc/ppp/ppp.conf as root and add in your values.
I just got this happening and would be happy to send my ppp.conf if you
need a working model to compare with the distribution file (which I found
a bit obtuse.)

Once the file is happening you start ppp with:   # ppp -background 

Documentation is available in Greg's book (on the cd as book.txt), however,
I like two forms of docs:  One that begins with 'remove the shrinkwrap,
take a break...' or a working example.  I prefer the latter.

If such an example is of value, let me know.

Cheers,
Tom

> It is too early to blame yourself, or the modem! I've seen a few people
> people ditch kppp, read 'man ppp' and do what it says, and have the
> thing up in a moment or two with no dramas. If you will try that, let us
> know how it works out.

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