From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 14 17:41:53 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA21702 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:41:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (pinsoft.internet.co.nz [202.37.141.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA21695 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:41:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.2]) by kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA01855; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:37:34 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:37:34 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen To: Nesi Unanaowo cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, nesi@net.com Subject: Re: unable to connect to worldnet.att.net In-Reply-To: <369E92A6.2B20B4AB@net.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 On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Nesi Unanaowo wrote: > Hi, > I have been attempting to connect to my ISP (worldnet.att.net) using > the information on their website. > I have followed the instructions on how to create the various files and > made sure that my FreeBSD 2.2.7 > kernel is compiled with pseudo-device (tun) enabled. After rebooting the > system I logged in as root > and invoked ppp to get the ppp prompt. As at this point nothing seems > to work. When I type in the > first command " pass yoursecretkeyatpppprompt" (without the quotes > though) at the ppp prompt I > get "invalid command" error message. A check of the ppp command options > shows no "pass" > option. Then I tried the second command "dial worldnet" and get put into > the Packet mode. I have > tried every option possible to get a dial tone but no luck. No dialtone usually means that you're using the wrong port for dialout. You've forgotten to include your ppp.conf file, and also the ppp chat/debug logs between your modem and ppp; which means that any guesses we make are just stabs in the dark. Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began to suspect 'Hungry' ..." - Gary Larson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message