Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 22:08:49 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Wei Weng <wweng@stevens-tech.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ppp? Message-ID: <199712122208.WAA06745@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 Dec 1997 21:40:57 EST." <Pine.SGI.3.96.971211212909.22089A-100000@attila.stevens-tech.edu>
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> Hi > I am going to use ppp to connect to my school server. But in handbook it > says use ppp and set up some configuration files. I did. Then I got an > error "failed to open modem". Thou at the same time, I have /dev/modem > linked to /dev/cuaa4. and modem configured in my ppp.conf file. (I have > tried all other possibilities I mean other ports. but none worked. ) > > And I read the part of setup kernel ppp in handbook and there is a section > called working as ppp client. I checked it out and it said use pppd and > configure ppp.options and use kermit to connect. > > Then i got Totally confused. Which one I should use to connect? And does > anyone have a whole set of configuration files that can be shared with me? > I'd really like to see some examples. > > By the way, My school server assigns dynamic IP address to me. Go to http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html for pointers to all the docs and the latest sources for ppp. Your other post says you've got two serial ports and your modem's on cuaa1, so you should use /dev/cuaa1. Using /dev/modem just obscures what's really going on. > Thanks in advance. I'll really appreciate that. > > Wei Weng <---> wweng@stevens-tech.edu > Van Fantel <---> Kanzaki Hitomi > Tamahome <---> Miaka > Ikari shinji <---> Ayanami Rei > *Tenku no Escaflowne, Fushigi Yuugi, Shin Seiki Evangelion* > -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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