From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 2 21:39:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA02043 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 21:39:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts14-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.169]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA02038 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 21:39:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA00405; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 21:39:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 21:39:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Guy Muff cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Modem problems during installation. In-Reply-To: <322BA0A8.C53@value.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 2 Sep 1996, Guy Muff wrote: > I am installing FreeBSD on my PC as a learning experience, so > please excuse this if my question is dumb. > While attempting to install FreeBSD 2.1.5 over a PPP connection I > can't seem to get the 'user process ppp' to communicate with my modem. > The only commands I can issue in 'term' mode are '~p' and '~.', and even > those aren't echoed on the screen. I am using a US Robotics sportster > 28.8 internal on COM2, IRQ 3. type 'show modem' and check the device part. If it reads /dev/cuaa0, then the port is set wrong; type 'set device /dev/cuaa1' to remedy it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major