From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 4 02:07:18 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 907E4106564A for ; Tue, 4 May 2010 02:07:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f226.google.com (mail-ew0-f226.google.com [209.85.219.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 204978FC16 for ; Tue, 4 May 2010 02:07:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so854274ewy.3 for ; Mon, 03 May 2010 19:07:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rro2yTrzYShZvFhlD7nY+fTaPs/57YrcLYN9qgT/FhU=; b=tWGpMUUmWI2jVaf1QNRc1kt6Ssub+lfg9B6xuk4NcYCOuSgmkosGML1HROldTEan3a pkKH32u5B2l2jcSxDbOKQv4wci8vvFvMZEg4gSj2tB6ma4gefyWDo254fzg1hqvhkKtP C/4IZCgJVSbHvn+tujGEK2LqQIx+5H/5dmkYo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=IUC8H8hLaaYPXh4hGXZvOpss0MIcWQaHsaCScwU5/gmoSTGFbzGCdvM9esTKqSsk0I xovCZfotPvgJkH1t7qWMf5W6Gy52+/+cg95Uz2jGi2XBYRT26o15fW+k+FTQdslWob5T 7XdIRyRoyXhcawlhK3odVegswWcHHSN+yJilE= Received: by 10.213.37.19 with SMTP id v19mr1728386ebd.81.1272938831998; Mon, 03 May 2010 19:07:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (bb-87-81-140-128.ukonline.co.uk [87.81.140.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 14sm3430729ewy.6.2010.05.03.19.07.10 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 03 May 2010 19:07:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 03:07:08 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100504030708.66004262@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: References: <201005032134.o43LYA3m026344@yoda.pixi.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.5 (GTK+ 2.18.7; i386-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 02:07:18 -0000 On Mon, 3 May 2010 16:29:19 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 3 May 2010, osp@aloha.com wrote: > > >> 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? > > 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. > > PPPoE, though... The device to use would be ue0. Tested with an old > Ambit cable modem here; it's detected as cdce0 and the ue0 device is > automatically created. It's actually going to be PPPoA, with the speedtouch driver in net/pppoa. I presume the error occurs when the "firmware" upload program tries to find the modem. By the look of it, it has to find it for itself, so it's not simply a matter of using the right device name.