From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 13 06:34:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id GAA14521 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 06:34:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.EUnet.hu (www.eunet.hu [193.225.28.100]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id GAA14516 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 06:34:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail.EUnet.hu, id PAA29035; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 15:34:26 +0100 Received: (from zgabor@localhost) by CoDe.hu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA01177; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 15:29:45 +0100 (MET) From: Zahemszky Gabor Message-Id: <199701131429.PAA01177@CoDe.hu> Subject: Re: "Sorry - PPP is not available on this system" msg To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (FreeBSD questions) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 15:29:45 +0100 (MET) Cc: michelle@eugene.net In-Reply-To: from Michelle Brownsworth at "Jan 12, 97 09:40:24 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I'm planning to hang a single modem on my server's COM1 port with the > notion of having a 24-hour dedicated 33.6 connection from home. To that > end, after perusing the pertinent Handbook and FAQ sections, I've been > attempting to configure dialin and PPP. > bash# pppd > Sorry - PPP is not available on this system To use kernel PPP (pppd) you have to make a new kernel, with a pseude-devide ppp 1 line (or 2, or more, if you have more serial lines, modems and PPP connections active at the same time - if I know well). > supposed to use? And why is it necessary to employ Kermit in the dialin I don't know, because there is ``chat'' designed for this (and I use it instead of kermit for dialing). Maybe there are some more problems, I've written it without manuals, and my configured machine at hand. Bye, Gabor