Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 07:08:29 +1000 From: young@richardson.apana.org.au To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, crw@the-pentagon.com Subject: user ppp and my isp Message-ID: <19990916010107.0FB51153DC@hub.freebsd.org>
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I had same problem and it seemed no amount of messing with the configuration files made any significant difference. Eventually I found a shell script at ftp://flag.blackened.net and that got the problem solved. There was a very long thread in this list about the problem and I believe there are at least a couple other locations to find the shell script too. It makes all the config files up for you automatically, but be sure to look at ppp.conf and remove any excess timeout entries, any "#" entries in the "set timeout <value>" line, and probably the "Carrier" entry in the log line or you will have a few error messages when you run ppp <ISP>. Somewhere in the docs there is a quite terse explanation of various dialling modes ..... you will probably need to use one of them to suit local conditions. eg I use ppp -ddial <ISP> as the "-ddial" apparently tells ppp to keep the connection up (no timeout) and bring it up again if disconnected. That suits my requirements as I've got a permanent modem connection, but other modes may be more relevant to your local conditions > I've been having no luck at all getting my BSD to connect to my > isp. I'm running release 3.0 (I will probably upgrade eventually, I > just haven't really had to yet ;)) The login information is fine and > the modem dials without difficulty. After connecting, the userid and > password are sent then about 3 seconds later the connection is dropped > (I suspect from the other end, as when I dial manually using term, after > the login I see "NO CARRIER"). Before I call my ISP and ask them what's > up with their end, I want to make sure it's not my end. The important > files are as follows: > > /etc/ppp.conf > > # > default: > set log Phase Chat LCP IPCP CCP tun command > set device /dev/cuaa1 > set speed 115200 > set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 30 \"\" AT OK-AT-OK > ATE1Q0 OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT" > > # > attcanada: > set phone XXXXXXX > set login "TIMEOUT 10 ogin:--ogin: XXXX@attca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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