Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 14:09:00 -0400 (EDT) From: User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> To: siliconspectre@hotmail.com (fgsfgs erdfa) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (Questions) Subject: Re: My PPP connection Message-ID: <200105201809.OAA00338@scarlet.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <F140qKwRPQIWDO3hRDT00006947@hotmail.com> from fgsfgs erdfa at "May 20, 2001 04:28:53 pm"
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Once it is in interactive mode, type in term. Then type in AT. It should give you back on OK. Now try typing in ATDT[your ISP's phone number]. This should cause your modem to dial out. Include a copy of your ppp.config and a copy of your chatscript, I'll see if I can't spot the error. Ian As told by, fgsfgs erdfa > Well the books that I have are the complete freebsd and the freebsd > handbook. I am using user ppp and when i type in ppp everything is fine, it > says i am working in interactive mode with the device tun0. when i dial my > isp is when things go wrong, it says that the chat script failed. > > > >From: User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> > >To: siliconspectre@hotmail.com (fgsfgs erdfa) > >CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: Re: My PPP connection > >Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 23:35:07 -0400 (EDT) > > > > Which books do you have, The Complete FreeBSD? Are you using UserPPP or > >Kernel PPP? Personally I had a very hard time getting Kernel PPP to do > >anything(including dial) and eventually ended up stuck with it not being > >able > >to connect via PAP or CHAP. I use the User PPP program to connect. When > >you > >type in ppp, what happens? > > > >Ian > > > >As told by, fgsfgs erdfa > > > Hello, > > > I have been trying to get ppp to work for quite some time now (about 3 > >weeks > > > if not more). I have been having problems with ppp since I first tried > >it. > > > Well anyway, I started out using ppp with a 28.8kbps USR internal modem. > > > This modem worked twice for getting ppp online. It would dial the > >number > > > and even connect to my isp's server, but then it would hangup for no > >reason. > > > After numerous times of trying to get this modem to work, I gave up > >and > > > went out to buy a new one. The new one I bought was a 56k USR external > > > modem. I plugged it all in and when I tried to dial my isp, it told me > >that > > > the "chat script failed". This is my current problem, getting this new > > > modem to work. I would also like to add that in addition to the fact > >that > > > it tells me that the chat script has failed, I cannot hear my modem > >dialing > > > any number, even when I turn the volume all the way up, and also, at the > > > startup, when I use scroll-lock to look at all the devices which have > >been > > > probed, I cannot find any modem at all. I have even went inside my > >computer > > > to check if the wires which connected my modems plug to the motherboard > >were > > > plugged in, they were. I plug my modem into the com1 port (or cuaa0). > >I > > > dont think there is a problem with my serial wires either. I have a > >25pin > > > end connecting to my USR modem and a 9pin end connecting to my computer. > > I > > > am thinking that maybe the system is just not recognizing my modem but > >if > > > that is the case, then wouldn't it tell me that the device name cuaa0 is > > > invalid when I go to dial papchap? Please, even if you do not have an > > > answer to my question, can you point me in the right direction to > >someone > > > who may? I have been so eager to get my freebsd box online and I do not > > > want to see all the money I have paid for modems and the freebsd OS and > > > freebsd books go to waste. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > >-- > >Have blue screens given you the blues, go to www.freebsd.org for the cure. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > -- Have blue screens given you the blues, go to www.freebsd.org for the cure. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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