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Date:      Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:37:26 -0500
From:      Peter Schwenk <schwenk@voicenet.com>
To:        Daniel Harris <dannyboy@subdimension.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems with ppp in 3.4-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <38B1E855.2C23B36B@voicenet.com>
References:  <38B19E84.E1958C58@subdimension.com> <38B1BB91.DE4EB44A@3-cities.com> <38B1C8BD.99B4F926@subdimension.com>

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Is your com4 (cuaa3) sharing interrupts with some other device?  That can cause
trouble, especially on the ISA bus.  Some OSes don't seem to freak, some do.  If
so, use a different interrupt and adjust sio3 settings appropriately.

Daniel Harris wrote:

> Kent Stewart wrote:
>
> > > Both problems seem to be caused by bad communication from the modem to
> > > the software.  Any ideas as to what could be causing this?
> >
> > Well, for starters, you have to tell /etc/ppp/ppp.conf which com port
> > your modem is on. You didn't say if it was an external. Mine is on
> > com2, which is /dev/cuaa1. If your ISP uses a simple setup, you add
> > your user name and password on the line you add for set login. I use
> > pmdemand setup.
>
> It's internal and on com4, cuaa3.  Already told it that, read the primer.  My
> ISP uses PAP and dynamic IPs-- I've set it up in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf.  To
> clarify -- the modem is dialing and connects.  Expect just doesn't seem to be
> getting the CONNECT from the modem.

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- Peter Schwenk
- schwenk@voicenet.com





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