Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 03:07:08 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help Message-ID: <20100504030708.66004262@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005031606150.76724@wonkity.com> References: <201005032134.o43LYA3m026344@yoda.pixi.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005031606150.76724@wonkity.com>
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On Mon, 3 May 2010 16:29:19 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> 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.
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