Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:26:57 -0400 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com, Alex <BANDINI@flash.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: raindogs_1@yahoo.com Subject: Re: yet another newbie ppp/modem question Message-ID: <oprvgdm7xa0cf2rk@mail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGIELJEFAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGIELJEFAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 12:14:45 -0400, fbsd_user <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> wrote: > If your modem is external, maybe you have com1 & com2 disabled in > the PC bio's. If PCI modem them and you are not using com1,2 ports > then you should disable there bio's so modem can use them. One > other thing FBSD does not work with winmodems, those cheap modems > manufactured just for MS/Windows market. You can use 'TIP' console > command to talk directly to modem. If PCI modem check > /var/run/dmesg.log to see if FBSD found your modem. > > Post more info on what you have done to debug, describe your modem > type. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Alex > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 4:11 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: raindogs_1@yahoo.com > Subject: yet another newbie ppp/modem question > > I'm having some trouble getting my modem up and running on > FreeBSD 4.8. A search through the mailing list archives shows > that many of the problems I've been wrestling with seem to have > cropped up before, yet I haven't been able to follow any of the > discussion to a workable answer. > > My modem is sitting on cuaa2 and I needed to re-compile my kernel > to recognize that port. I did this and everything went fine, > although I am getting the dreaded "sio5: configured irq 2 not in > bitmap of probed irqs 0" error which I haven't found a solution > for in any documentation or discussion. [snip] Have a look at this tutorial: <URL: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/14/FreeBSD_Basics.html> Since the article was written, an additional requirement has been added in order to connect to the Internet using dialup: the dialup user must be added to the "dialer" group. Jud
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