From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 5 15: 1:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from richardson.apana.org.au (richardson.apana.org.au [203.3.126.216]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6FE77152A9 for ; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 15:01:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from young@richardson.apana.org.au) Received: from jdy [203.3.126.133] by richardson.apana.org.au [203.3.126.216] with SMTP (MDaemon.v2.7.SP4.T) for ; Mon, 06 Sep 1999 06:47:10 +1000 Message-ID: <02f301bef7e0$7d8d4da0$857e03cb@jdy> From: "Young" To: "Skip" Cc: Subject: Re: modems Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 06:51:54 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_02F0_01BEF834.4DC9A100" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Return-Path: young@richardson.apana.org.au Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_02F0_01BEF834.4DC9A100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Skip I had all sorts of problems with ppp stuff a couple weeks ago too and = I'm writing a real simple guide but will be a week at least before I can finish it. = There is a shell script you can get from ftp://blackened.net that certainly made life = easier for me,=20 you will need to edit the "set timeout" line in the ppp.conf file it = makes to suit local=20 conditions and be certain to delete the part in this line after the "#" = that goes on=20 about changing the default value of 300 to 0 if you don't want a timeout = (the "#"=20 will confuse ppp no end). There are a few more minor changes you may = have to=20 make, but its a lot simpler & quicker way to get ppp working than just = relying on=20 other docs. For what its worth, I changed my gateway machine from = Mandrake 6 to FreeBSD because the docs were infinitely more intelligible, but I still = have problems=20 with some of the stuff and just have to bug the lists til I understand = what they are on about.=20 -----Original Message----- From: Skip To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Monday, September 06, 1999 4:18 AM Subject: modems =20 =20 hi...i have a 56K v90 plug and play modem...i think it is picked up = on boot, but i am not sure...how can i tell if this is the case? also = how can i find out what port my modem is on?? i know in linux you could = just look at the ioports and interupts and that would give you a good = idea if it was there or not..but in freebsd i have no idea what i am = doing..any help you could give me was be great!! i am ancious to get = back on the net so i can check my mail and stuff like that...however i = am not real sure how to set up the ppp stuff yet...some of the stuff in = the handbook of Freebsd.org is kinda confusing when you don't know much = about Un*x enviroments...well thanx for your time and i hope to hear = from you soon!=20 thanx again,=20 John ------=_NextPart_000_02F0_01BEF834.4DC9A100 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi Skip

I had all sorts of problems with ppp = stuff a=20 couple weeks ago too and I'm writing a

real simple guide but will be a week = at least=20 before I can finish it. There is a shell

script you can get from ftp://blackened.net that certainly made = life=20 easier for me,

you will need to edit the "set=20 timeout" line in the ppp.conf file it makes to suit=20 local

conditions and be certain to delete = the part in=20 this line after the "#" that goes on

about changing the default value of = 300 to 0 if=20 you don't want a timeout (the "#"

will confuse ppp no end). There are = a few more=20 minor changes you may have to

make, but its a lot simpler & = quicker way to=20 get ppp working than just relying on

other docs. For what its worth, I = changed my=20 gateway machine from Mandrake 6 to

FreeBSD because the docs were = infinitely more=20 intelligible, but I still have problems

with some of the stuff and just have = to bug the=20 lists til I understand what they are on about.

-----Original = Message-----
From:=20 Skip <skip.morse@endor.com>
T= o:=20 freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O= RG=20 <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O= RG>
Date:=20 Monday, September 06, 1999 4:18 AM
Subject:=20 modems

hi...i have a 56K v90 plug and play = modem...i=20 think it is picked up on boot, but i am not sure...how can i tell if = this is=20 the case? also how can i find out what port my modem is = on?? i=20 know in linux you could just look at the ioports and interupts and = that=20 would give you a good idea if it was there or not..but in freebsd i = have no=20 idea what i am doing..any help you could give me was be great!! i am = ancious=20 to get back on the net so i can check my mail and stuff like = that...however=20 i am not real sure how to set up the ppp stuff yet...some of the = stuff in=20 the handbook of Freebsd.org is kinda confusing when you don't know = much=20 about Un*x enviroments...well thanx for your time and i hope to hear = from=20 you soon!=20

thanx again,
John

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