From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 2 11:22:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA05115 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 11:22:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ufp.com (richardl.vip.best.com [206.86.219.90]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA05108 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 11:22:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from richardl@localhost) by ufp.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA00290; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 11:22:12 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 11:22:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199609021822.LAA00290@ufp.com> From: Richard Levenberg To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Serial connection with PPP Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Fine FreeBSD users, I was wondering if you could help me. I have a serial cable coming from my upstairs service provider down into my office. I have just installed FreeBSD 2.1 off the Walnut Creek CD. The serial cable is connected to my COM2 with a null-modem adapter. /sbin/dmesg gives me: sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa sio0: type 16550A sio2 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa sio2: type 16550A There is a ppp server on the other side of the serial line. I am trying to set up kernel ppp because I have had problems with user ppp. I successfully compiled the kernel with ppp and ppp0 shows up when I do "/sbin/ifconfig -a" I created an /etc/ppp/options file with the contents: crtscts my_ip:remote_ip netmask 255.255.255.x passive modem defaultroute My question is, now what do I do? I tried some stabs in the dark and I know what I want but I just dont know what to do from here. I cant get any more info from the pppd man pages because they dont talk about direct connections, only dial up. I tried the mailing archives but they seem to be only questions and no answers (has anyone else noticed this?) Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA richardl