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Date:      Mon, 6 May 1996 22:23:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        MATTHEW TESSAR <tessarmd@eve.cs.uwec.edu>
Cc:        questions@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: questions-digest V1 #799
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960506222211.29440L-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960501151532.31414A-100000@eve.cs.uwec.edu>

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On Wed, 1 May 1996, MATTHEW TESSAR wrote:

> I am trying to configure the user ppp on my computer.  When I entered 
> dial from the ppp ON hostname> prompt, the modem dialed and the host 
> machine answered, but just hissed, and did not connect.  Any hints??  
> Any hints in general on ppp?

Try connecting manually with the 'term' command, then dial & login 
manually.  If that works, then the configuration for your modem in 
/etc/ppp/ppp.conf is wrong.  It may be your modem and your ISP's don't 
like each other.

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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