From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 11 21:12:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx-a.qnet.com (mx-a.qnet.com [209.221.198.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8AA237B479 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 21:12:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from cello.qnet.com (root@cello.qnet.com [209.221.198.10]) by mx-a.qnet.com (8.9.1a/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA19550; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 21:12:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from STORK (56k-socal-01-45.dial.qnet.com [209.221.198.108]) by cello.qnet.com (8.9.0/8.9.1) with SMTP id VAA22498; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 21:12:23 -0800 (PST) From: "Heredity Choice" To: "err" , Subject: RE: ppp help Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 21:04:12 -0800 Message-ID: <001a01c04c65$ff37aaa0$6cc6ddd1@STORK> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <20001112043802.0BF00D27F@ohh.yi.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.5600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG To ascertain whether you have a hardware problem, try using cu. If your modem is on cuaa1 (COM2), enter: cu -l /dev/cuaa1 It should echo CONNECT. If your ISP telephone number is 2676800 and you have a tone line, enter: ATDT2676800 If it dials and connects, the problem was in your PPP. For help with configuring your PPP, look at www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd Paul Smith > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of err > Sent: Saturday, 11 November, 2000 20:38 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: ppp help > > > I was wondering if you would be able to help me with a problem i > was having with freeBSD. > It wont dial.. it gets the dialtone ,but doesnt dial. > i edited the ppp.conf file in /etc/ppp/ and set it for my modem > port and username and password and access #.. > it is a hard > modem.. > picks up my modem, with no problem, but when i try ppp -ddial or > if i go into the ppp menu, and type dial, nothing happens but a > dialtone , and an eventual operator.. > Thank you for any help you can provide. > Greg Kerr > > > 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