From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 2 00:58:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA03782 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:58:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA03771 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:58:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA08400; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:58:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:58:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Derrick Springer cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP help w/ Release 2.2.5 In-Reply-To: <19980401180243.4799.qmail@hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Derrick Springer wrote: > I am having problems configuring PPP to work automatically. > I followed the steps in the manual about creating/editing ppp.conf, > ppp.linkup, etc., but when I run "ppp 'provider'", it tells me that it > cannot find the entry for 'provider' (substituting 'provider' with my > provider's name) and then kicks me back to the prompt. I have followed > the instructions to the letter in the manual, but nothin' doin'. Okay, did you create /etc/ppp/ppp.conf and add a profile for your provider there? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message