From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 5 14:04:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA11419 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 5 Apr 1998 14:04:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from server4.mpcbbs.com.br (server4.mpc.com.br [200.246.0.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA11412 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 1998 14:04:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from capriotti@geocities.com) Received: from hot_nt (node35.mpc.com.br [200.246.0.35]) by server4.mpcbbs.com.br (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id SAA25451; Sun, 5 Apr 1998 18:02:34 -0300 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19980406055655.00ad0690@pop.mpc.com.br> X-Sender: capriotti@pop.mpc.com.br X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 05:58:47 -0300 To: Brian Somers , "Derrick Springer" From: Capriotti Subject: Re: PPP help w/ Release 2.2.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Let's try something easier: Can you tell exactly the command you're using to call ppp ? would it be ppp or ppp -alias [your_provider's_name_here] or ppp -auto [your_provider's_name_here] or ppp -alias -auto [your_provider's_name_here] ??? In the example ppp.conf (from the URL below) you would call ppp by ppp -alias provedor At 01:00 AM 4/5/98 +0100, Brian Somers wrote: >Try connecting then `load default' and `load provider'. Does that >help ? Do you see any errors or warnings in the log file ? > >> >OK. You have a problem with you initialization string, probably. >> > >> >Maybe it sounds crazy, but it happened to me once. >> >> As crazy as it sounds, I tried it, but it still didn't work. >> I can't get the PPP program to load the settings for my provider from >> the ppp.conf file. It just won't look at it. >> >> >> >> >If all fails, try using this: >> > >> >http://www.nettaxi.com/citizens/E.Brandi/ppp.conf >> > >> >> Tried it and the ones that come with the installation. I even tried >> USING the sample files by copying them as ppp.conf and it won't even >> look for "provider" that was written in the sample! >> >> Like I said before, if I execute all the commands manually into PPP (ie. >> "set device...", "set speed..." to "add 0 0 HISADDR") I get a good, >> solid connection with no problems. Dialing isn't my problem, but >> auto-dialing & loading the provider settings is. >> >> Help! >> >> Derrick >> mc_knight@hotmail.com >> >> ______________________________________________________ >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >-- >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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message