Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 20:27:57 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@brizzie.org> To: "David Banning" <david@banning.com>, "fgsfgs erdfa" <siliconspectre@hotmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: My PPP connection Message-ID: <002701c0e117$8df31770$0300a8c0@oracle> References: <F178Lch9wPiyAphwFut000062a2@hotmail.com> <20010520001443.A3197@yahoo.com>
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There is an explicit / step_by_step / screenshots & all / explanation of configuring ppp at http://brisbane.apana.org.au/~freebsd/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Banning" <sky_tracker@yahoo.com> To: "fgsfgs erdfa" <siliconspectre@hotmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 10:14 AM Subject: Re: My PPP connection > You could try a simple test - as root type > > cu -l cuaa1 > > also try cuaa0, you should get a response to at commands; > > connected. > atz > OK > atdt4162341234 > > On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 01:06:23AM -0000, fgsfgs erdfa wrote: > > Hello, > > I have been trying to get ppp to work for quite some time now (about 3 weeks > > if not more). I have been having problems with ppp since I first tried it. > > Well anyway, I started out using ppp with a 28.8kbps USR internal modem. > > This modem worked twice for getting ppp online. It would dial the number > > and even connect to my isp's server, but then it would hangup for no reason. > > After numerous times of trying to get this modem to work, I gave up and > > went out to buy a new one. The new one I bought was a 56k USR external > > modem. I plugged it all in and when I tried to dial my isp, it told me that > > the "chat script failed". This is my current problem, getting this new > > modem to work. I would also like to add that in addition to the fact that > > it tells me that the chat script has failed, I cannot hear my modem dialing > > any number, even when I turn the volume all the way up, and also, at the > > startup, when I use scroll-lock to look at all the devices which have been > > probed, I cannot find any modem at all. I have even went inside my computer > > to check if the wires which connected my modems plug to the motherboard were > > plugged in, they were. I plug my modem into the com1 port (or cuaa0). I > > dont think there is a problem with my serial wires either. I have a 25pin > > end connecting to my USR modem and a 9pin end connecting to my computer. I > > am thinking that maybe the system is just not recognizing my modem but if > > that is the case, then wouldn't it tell me that the device name cuaa0 is > > invalid when I go to dial papchap? Please, even if you do not have an > > answer to my question, can you point me in the right direction to someone > > who may? I have been so eager to get my freebsd box online and I do not > > want to see all the money I have paid for modems and the freebsd OS and > > freebsd books go to waste. > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > "Life is like a buffet; it's not good but there's plenty of it." > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > 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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