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Date:      Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:26:45 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Dan Lee <dlee@cs.montana.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FTP install problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961208152529.4017D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19961207012450.0068dbd4@montana.avicom.net>

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On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Dan Lee wrote:

> I am trying to install FreeBSD by FTP but cannot connect to my ISP. I have
> the irqs and com3 added to my kernel on the 2.2 snap and I go through the
> correct menus and everything. I switch between virtual desktops and try to
> type "term" so I can log in manually to my ISP. The modem will not dial.
> Anyone have a step by step method for FTP installs?

PPP is broke in that it doesn't recognize when you select the port for the
modem.  

1.  Move your modem to COM1 or COM2.
2.  If you moved it to COM1, then you're done.
3.  If you moved it to COM2, type at the ppp> prompt 

set device /dev/cuaa1

then type 'term'.  Your modem should then work.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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