Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 22:48:42 EDT From: PhazeCA@aol.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: trouble connecting to the internet Message-ID: <dd.786cb57.26b24e8a@aol.com>
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Right now i'm using another computer that has aol, but anyway, i've been=20
trying to connect to the internet for a long time with bsd. I have no idea=20
what to do, I read all of the faq's at your website and in the book that cam=
e=20
with my bsd. I wanted to connect to earthlink with bsd, but i just can't=20
seem to do it. Is there anyway someone can help me, either with a reply to=20
this or if there is a number i can call or whatever, I just need help. =20
Please get back to me as soon as possible, because right now I'm on a very=20
slow computer and i really want to get familiar with unix, thanks for your=20
time.
Every time I try to use the PPP Dialup Utility, when I am in xinit, it says=20
"The pppd daemon died unexpectedly." What is the problem? Is there=20
something I need to configure or what?
I have been trying to run the ppp dialup utility as root, but it still=20
doesn't work. what do i do? here is how my configuration looks....
Dial
Account Name: ELN/username
Redial Maximum: 5
Modem Device: /dev/ttyS1 (COM2)
Connection Speed: 38400
Modem Initialization: ATZ
Phone Numbers
#
Add 7550028
Remove
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Authentication
PSP/CHAP
User Name: ELN/username@earthlink.net
Remote Name: ELN/username@earthlink.net
Hidden Password
Password: ********
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Local IP Address
=B7Dynamic
Static
Netmask
=B7Dynamic
Static
Remote IP Address
=B7Dynamic
Static
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DNS (everything is blank)
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Script
Login Script
Recieve
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PPP
=B7Add Default Route
Lock Dialout Device
Maximum Transmission Unit: 296
Maximum Recieve Unit: 296
Run Program After Connect
Run Program After Disconnect
What do you think is wrong?
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