Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 14:30:44 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> To: "Frank.A" <avenger@inforamp.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Modem Setup Message-ID: <199701111430.OAA13796@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 Jan 1997 18:52:48 EST." <199701102352.SAA01347@mail.inforamp.net>
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> I am wondering how to go about seting up my modem to dial up and make a PPP
> connection with an ISP.
>
> I have a USR 33.6 Internal and at boot up it picks up on com 2 (sio1)
>
> I have been trying to use minicom to dial up but when I type minicom I get
> the message can not open /dev/modem. file missing
>
I'd suggest trying user-level ppp (aka iijppp) - the program's actually called
'ppp'. There are lots of examples in /etc/ppp and it does the dialing for you
too.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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