From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 22 11:13:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA02625 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 11:13:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA02581 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 11:13:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.7]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA10673; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 19:13:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woof.lan.awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA10237; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:43:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199810221343.OAA10237@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Bill Hamilton cc: freebsd questions Subject: Re: ppp In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 21 Oct 1998 12:51:02 CDT." <362E1F06.BCC7925A@finsco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:43:00 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I just installed 2.2.7 and cannot get ppp to dial my ISP. > I followed the instructions in the handbook as well as I could. > When I type "dial", I get a message like > "tun0: OpenModem failed: /dev/cuaa0 no such file or directory" > The directory exists, so it must be looking for a file. Which file? /dev/cuaa0. To create this; cd /dev rm -fr cuaa0 sh ./MAKEDEV cuaa0 > BTW, do I need to build ppp into the kernel? I have an external ISDN > modem and a 128k connection if that makes any difference. No. ``ppp'' uses the `tun' device (built into the generic kernel) and ``pppd'' uses the `ppp' device (not built into the generic kernel). > Also are there any instructions written for the average home machine > without any incoming telnet, ftp, blah..., firewalls, Get the latest version of ppp from http://www.FreeBSD.org/ppp.html and have a look at the man page. There are step-by-step instructions on setting up ppp for your ISP. -- 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