Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 22:23:55 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: bahwi@technologist.com Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modem problems Message-ID: <199807262123.WAA16093@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 26 Jul 1998 00:13:50 CDT." <199807260522.AAA27525@cs1.cityscope.net>
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> Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I'd really like to install
> FreeBSD again, and this time it gets 3 gigs instead of one.
> I am using the latest boot disk, got it over 30 mins ago. (midnight
> central time) and get it all ready, go to media, ftp site, /dev/cuaa2
> (2.2.5 and 2.2.6 could NOT find the modem there, 2.2.7 does so I
> can finally use FreeBSD again) On alt-f2(the errors area) I get a
> "silo overflow" or something like that. I dial in, it seems weird, I only
> get the character before last shown to me when I type, and for
> newlines, nothing until I type something. I backspace it and enter
> my username and password, it tells me PPP connection from blah
> blah to blah blah beginning. The term switches into packet mode
> on it's own, and tells me something like this(forgive my memory)
> "NewPhase: Network"
> "NewPhase: Authenticate"
> for a bit then
> "NewPhase: Terminate"
> twice and then hangs up. I haven't had FreeBSD on my home
> system for so long. The error may be my modem, although when it
> worked with FreeBSD 2.2.5(long story) it never gave me that error,
> nor when I user a terminal program in Win95 and Dos. Any
> help/suggestions are appreciated.
Hi,
Phase diagnostics are now turned on by default at install time. From
the looks of the above, your ISP is doing either chap or pap
authentication and you haven't ``set authmame blah'' and ``set
authkey moreblah'' - so that ppp can do it's bit.
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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