From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 20 17:29:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F01B816A4CE for ; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:29:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from lilzmailso02.liwest.at (lilzmailso02.liwest.at [212.33.55.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEE1643D2D for ; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:29:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dgw@liwest.at) Received: from cm58-27.liwest.at ([212.33.58.27]) by lilzmailso02.liwest.at with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AuLxV-0007GV-HX for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 02:29:33 +0100 From: Daniela To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 02:26:24 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200402210226.24650.dgw@liwest.at> Subject: USB modem support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 01:29:35 -0000 I'm having problems with an USB ADSL modem (Alcatel Speed Touch). It is recognized at boot time, but when I try to connect, it tells me that the modem is busy. I symlinked /dev/cuaa3 to /dev/ugen1 (that's the device that showed up in the boot messages) and directed the kppp utility to use /dev/cuaa3. I entered all the information it asked me for, and then I got the error message: Modem is busy. My ISP told me to f*** off and get Windoze. Anything else is unsupported. Is it a hardware problem or a classical case of a dumb user? I'm not unexperienced with Ethernet connections, and I have a great knowledge of the TCP/IP standard, but I have never done anything with modems, so I can't even imagine how this stuff works. Regards, Daniela