From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 12 09:22:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA15708 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 09:22:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA15701 for ; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 09:22:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-130.laker.net [208.0.233.30]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id MAA14538; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 12:22:16 -0400 Message-Id: <199809121622.MAA14538@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "Remi BONDOIN" Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 12:22:15 -0400 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Need help about FREEBSD installation Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:59:15 +0200, Remi BONDOIN wrote: >Everything is ok until to initialize the ppp connection to the >provider. > >I don't really know ppp except for simple configuration. > >Can you tell me what are the ppp commands do i type to establish >a connection? During that phase of the install, you are directed to go to another virtual terminal (ttyv3, I think) and establish the ppp session. When you go over there you are already in ppp and all you need to do is type an "AT" command to dial the modem. After the ISPs modem answers your call, you'll have to manually login to their system. So you need to know your user ID and password. For anyone not familiar with "AT" commands, they are a command set originally developed by Hayes, the MODEM manufacturer. The command you'll use, would be something like: ATDT 555-1212 but replace 555-1212 with the phone number to your ISP. If you are dialing from a phone system at work and need to dial an access code to get an outside line, such as an 8 or 9, you'd use: ATDT 9,555-1212 The comma (,) will pause for about three seconds to allow time for the second dial tone to occur. Some modems actually detect dial tones, and many older modems can't, the just dial "blindly". Which is why it's good to have a speaker on your modem. Learn how good connections sound and you'll know when you're hearing a bad one. hope this helps... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message