Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:18:37 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Aaron Parmelee <trout@net66.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getting ppp going Message-ID: <199901202118.VAA00625@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:43:06 CST." <3.0.5.32.19990117194306.00eb66b0@net66.com>
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http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html is a good start. > hello out there: > > recently i have been trying to connect to my ISP using ppp. now, i know > nothing about ppp, so i looked around the web, which, to my untrained eye, > gave several different versions for the ppp.conf file. > > so far, i have succeeded in getting the modem to dial, and thats about it. > i got it to do this by typing this: > ppp > term > at > atdt <number> > > when the ISP answers the phone, a variety of noises are made, followed by a > steady annoying beep that ends after about 20 to 30 seconds or so. then, > nothing. > > now, a number of those ppp.conf files look like they dial the phone number > for you, precluding the commands that i used above. ppp.conf also contains > entries for CHAP, which is what my ISP uses. this file is not being looked > at. how do i get ppp to look the ppp.conf file? > > any help is appreciated > --aaron > > "Disgruntled? Hell, they're all disgruntled. I ain't runnin no daisy farm. > My motto is do it my way or watch your butt." > -Nathan Arizona, Raising Arizona -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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