From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 18 16:24:04 2003 Return-Path: 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 3D8CB37B401 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:24:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-da-1.dns-solutions.net (unknown [69.12.117.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 95F4043F85 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:24:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matthew@starbreaker.net) Received: (qmail 17611 invoked from network); 18 Jul 2003 23:24:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO host108.209-113-232.oem.net) (matthew@starbreaker.net@209.113.232.108) by mail-da-1.dns-solutions.net - 209.113.232.108 with SMTP; 18 Jul 2003 23:24:01 -0000 From: Matthew Graybosch Organization: starbreaker.net To: "Marvin J. Kosmal" Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:23:34 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <1058565606.763.29.camel@farm-libranet> In-Reply-To: <1058565606.763.29.camel@farm-libranet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200307181923.34353.matthew@starbreaker.net> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp connection X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: matthew@starbreaker.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 23:24:04 -0000 On Friday 18 July 2003 06:00 pm, Marvin J. Kosmal wrote: > Hi > > trying to get my ppp connection to work > > And nothing happens > > Any ideas?? It sounds like you're trying to use kernel ppp. Use "user ppp" instead. Edit /etc/ppp/ppp.conf to set the modem device, phone number, userid, and password. Then invoke it with "ppp -foreground papchap". -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net "I am become root, shatterer of kernels."