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Date:      Thu, 16 Apr 1998 14:07:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Dima Dorfman <webmaster@zwb.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fed up with PPP
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980416140435.7029e-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980416101818.00955100@207.213.224.25>

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On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Dima Dorfman wrote:

> That's it!  I'm fed up with PPP.  I can't get ANYTHING to work!  I've been
> trying for about 2 weeks, and havn't gotten anywhere.  I tried user ppp,
> kernel ppp, some third-party shareware, and Brian Somer's hacked PPP.
> 
> I'm tired.  nothing EVER works!  Every program says my modem is busy,
> however, when I do "echo "AT" >> /dev/cuaa1", the modem light blinks,
> signilizing that it got the signal.

You're not having any luck, are you? :-)

If it says the modem is locked, check

1.  Permissions.  You may have to be in group `dialer'.
2.  /var/spool/lock for a stale LCK..cuaa1 file.

Generally, exact error messages are preferred.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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