Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 21:24:01 -0500 From: thrdina@ibm.net To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Aaron Parmelee" <trout@net66.com> Subject: Re: getting ppp going Message-ID: <01be4289$9ca58ac0$022abcc7@default>
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Hi, I installed PPP on my laptop today and it worked at first try. here's what i did: 1. read the instructions in the handbook 2. got ppp setup instructions from my isp i start ppp by typing PPP which returns the following: PPP on laptop01> then I type dial and off she goes reading the entries in the "default:" section of my ppp.conf file i added two entries to the ppp.linkup file (ntpdate & e-mail retrieval) and this works fine too. I using freebsd 2.2.8 on a toshiba satellite T2100ct laptop. good luck! -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Parmelee <trout@net66.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Sunday, January 17, 1999 8:41 PM Subject: getting ppp going > >hello out there: > > recently i have been trying to connect to my ISP using ppp. now, i know >nothing about ppp, so i looked around the web, which, to my untrained eye, >gave several different versions for the ppp.conf file. > >so far, i have succeeded in getting the modem to dial, and thats about it. >i got it to do this by typing this: >ppp >term >at >atdt <number> > >when the ISP answers the phone, a variety of noises are made, followed by a >steady annoying beep that ends after about 20 to 30 seconds or so. then, >nothing. > >now, a number of those ppp.conf files look like they dial the phone number >for you, precluding the commands that i used above. ppp.conf also contains >entries for CHAP, which is what my ISP uses. this file is not being looked >at. how do i get ppp to look the ppp.conf file? > >any help is appreciated >--aaron > >"Disgruntled? Hell, they're all disgruntled. I ain't runnin no daisy farm. >My motto is do it my way or watch your butt." >-Nathan Arizona, Raising Arizona > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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