Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 10:31:29 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@brizzie.org> To: "Keith Spencer" <bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au>, "fbsd" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to set up dialins to my 4.2 box Message-ID: <00be01c0efb2$5f2bd860$0600a8c0@apana.org.au> References: <20010608001053.5784.qmail@web12005.mail.yahoo.com>
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I've done a fairly explicit explanation of this at http://brisbane.apana.org.au/~freebsd/ Whilst I haven't tried using mgetty for some time, my experiences with it weren't at all good The AutoPPP appeared broken in earlier versions .. the word is that its been fixed now but I haven't tried it ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Spencer" <bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au> To: "fbsd" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 10:10 AM Subject: How to set up dialins to my 4.2 box > Hi all, > I have seen the handbook docs for Dial in service and > ppp configuration. > I am starting the set up process. > I have noticed some differences I need to resolve if > you could help. > a) The Dialin service doc is FBSD version 1.x (old) > Does it all still apply? e.g. > b) Is there a current tute around to help me > especially with mgetty ( it says mgetty is better) or > does 4.2 have naturally better modem dialin support > now? > c) I was first checkng my sio s and get this stuff... > usb0: USB revision 1.0 > usb1: USB revision 1.0 > sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 > sio0: type 16550A > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > no matching session > no matching session > no matching session > no matching session > ...etc etc. > Q are these 2 sio s configured for dial in ok at the > moment? What to do if not. The dial in service doc I > am reading says to change the kernel to .... > ============================================== > device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq > 4 vector siointr > device sio1 at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq > 3 vector siointr > device sio2 at isa? port "IO_COM3" tty irq > 5 vector siointr > device sio3 at isa? port "IO_COM4" tty irq > 9 vector siointr > > =============================================== > Q does this still apply? Should I do this? I don't > want to screw up my machine It is mission critical. > > Thanks heaps in advance for help and patience > Keith > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ _______ > http://messenger.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Messenger > - Voice chat, mail alerts, stock quotes and favourite news and lots more! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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