From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 20 13:42:30 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA22988 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 13:42:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA22977 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 13:42:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA29118; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:16:59 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA00625; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:18:37 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199901202118.VAA00625@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Aaron Parmelee cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getting ppp going In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:43:06 CST." <3.0.5.32.19990117194306.00eb66b0@net66.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:18:37 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html is a good start. > hello out there: > > recently i have been trying to connect to my ISP using ppp. now, i know > nothing about ppp, so i looked around the web, which, to my untrained eye, > gave several different versions for the ppp.conf file. > > so far, i have succeeded in getting the modem to dial, and thats about it. > i got it to do this by typing this: > ppp > term > at > atdt > > when the ISP answers the phone, a variety of noises are made, followed by a > steady annoying beep that ends after about 20 to 30 seconds or so. then, > nothing. > > now, a number of those ppp.conf files look like they dial the phone number > for you, precluding the commands that i used above. ppp.conf also contains > entries for CHAP, which is what my ISP uses. this file is not being looked > at. how do i get ppp to look the ppp.conf file? > > any help is appreciated > --aaron > > "Disgruntled? Hell, they're all disgruntled. I ain't runnin no daisy farm. > My motto is do it my way or watch your butt." > -Nathan Arizona, Raising Arizona -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message