Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 11:34:11 HST From: osp@aloha.com To: Peter Winn <peterwinn@btinternet.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help Message-ID: <201005032134.o43LYA3m026344@yoda.pixi.com>
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> Hi, I am having problems connecting to my ISP. I am running a freebsd 7.2 box using a thompson speedtouch usb modem to connect to an adsl telephone line. However when I try to make a PPP connection using pppoa the driver says it cannot find the modem. The dmesg from the kernel says the modem is 'cdce0' and 'usb0 is on uhub0'. But 'cdce0' is not in /dev and when I try to ./MAKEDEV cdce0 I get command not found. Can anyone help me? I expect an ADSL line to go to a "modem" that presents as Ethernet. Connect to that with a CAT-5 cable connected to your computer's Ethernet port and add configuration settings to your /etc/rc.conf. If your "thompson speedtouch usb modem" is in fact an ADSL modem then the USB end out to present as a network interface. Again, ppp would not be used. If you are using old fashionded dial-up over the analog part of the ADSL circuit then ppp would be used. But why do that? Good luck! Gary Dunn Open Slate Project
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