From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 14 06:32:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E30A716A41F for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 06:32:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rowdy@netspace.net.au) Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (cumulus.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79D3A43D48 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 06:32:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rowdy@netspace.net.au) Received: from [192.168.2.7] (220-253-38-72.VIC.netspace.net.au [220.253.38.72]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id B87C47C886; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:32:30 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <43C89AFE.30305@netspace.net.au> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:32:30 +1100 From: Rowdy User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: b.lascala@ee.unimelb.edu.au References: <17352.37732.763165.511749@csp-03560.ee.mu.oz.au> In-Reply-To: <17352.37732.763165.511749@csp-03560.ee.mu.oz.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem setting up PPPoE in Release 6.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 06:32:36 -0000 Barbara La-Scala wrote: > I have a Netcomm NB1300 modem and a Realtek 8029 ethernet card and > was successful at configuring PPPoE for this combination under R5.3. > I've recently upgraded to R6.0 and cannot get things to work any > more. > > I've played with all the options in the ppp.conf that looked relevant > (and several that didn't) and I've compiled the NETGRAPH stuff into > my kernel but still no go. I've googled but without success. I've > tripled checked that I've got my username and password entered > correctly. I know the modem is OK as I'm using it to post this > (hooked up to a laptop with Windoze). > > I'm reluctant to return to R5.3 as I'm enjoying having a working > sound card. However, I need internet access more. Any help would be > greatly appreciated as I'm all out of ideas. > > Configuration details are below. > > Thanks Barbara > I have a similar setup: FreeBSD 6, Netcomm NB1300 Plus 4, Netspace. Occasionally it fails to connect while waiting for carrier, as yours seems to have done. If I try to connect again, it usually succeeds. I would suggest making a second attempt to connect, if that fails, power cycle the modem and try again. If it still won't connect, then there might be a bigger problem. I also have option "set cd 10" in my ppp.conf that sets a 10 second delay waiting for carrier (FreeBSD checks for carrier once per second until timeout) - I don't know if that makes any difference. Rowdy