From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 16 11:12:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA07126 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 11:12:16 -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 LAA07032 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 11:12:06 -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 TAA20371; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 19:11:39 +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 PAA25272; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 15:10:12 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199810161410.PAA25272@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: ComCAT Tech Support cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modem/Com Port problem In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 14 Oct 1998 12:48:42 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 15:10:12 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I'm having a stange problem and have seeked help in a lot of places irc > etc.. > > When I run ppp I get a prompt and I type dial ISP. I displayed is dialing > ISP, on the modem the 'TR' light comes on for a few moments and goes out. > The screen displays dial failed. I've also tired running term again the > 'TR' on the modem comes on but I get no echo of my commands and my > response from the modem, when I exit term the 'TR' light goes out. > Everything seems to be setup correctly the modem is an external > MotorolaSurfr 56k connected a comport controller card set to com2 irq3. > The kernel is has the entries sio1 com2 irq3 and tun 1. The ppp is set to > use cau1. Try ``set device /dev/cuaa1''. > Any help would be great, please keep in mind although I know my way around > I'm far from being an expert (obviously!). I've had people tell me it > doesn't sound like it is set to the right com port?!?! But they can't > offer any more info. > > Thanks for your Help! > Jerry -- 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