From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 4 22:44:09 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 58BF237B401 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 22:44:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (bay2-dav5.bay2.hotmail.com [65.54.246.109]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C90ED43FA3 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 22:44:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sukhbinders@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 22:44:08 -0800 Received: from 219.93.219.181 by bay2-dav5.bay2.hotmail.com with DAV; Sat, 05 Apr 2003 06:44:08 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [219.93.219.181] X-Originating-Email: [sukhbinders@hotmail.com] From: "Sukhbinder Singh" To: "David Banning" , References: <20030403010315.A32901@skytrackercanada.com> <20030403114710.B39962@skytrackercanada.com> <20030405012315.A92644@skytrackercanada.com> Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 14:42:47 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Apr 2003 06:44:08.0717 (UTC) FILETIME=[C25C53D0:01C2FB3E] Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 06:44:09 -0000 I am using a fast ethernet network card with an external xDSL modem. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Banning To: Sukhbinder Singh Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 2:23 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation > On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 12:52:53PM +0800, Sukhbinder Singh wrote: > > Finally, I got the /games distribution downloaded to my freebsd. This was > > done through uploading it from my dos partition like I did for my initial > > freebsd installation for the /bin distribution. I am still unable to get a > > network connection up and running. I am not using a dial - up networking > > like I was in the past. Currently, I am using the xDSL modem using a ADSL > > connection to my ISP. Will I still be able to connect to the net via ppp or > > do I need a different method of connection from FreeBSD. Currently, when I > > start ppp on the command prompt, the FreeBSD system takes me to a new window > > and indicates like :- "ppp started on Foo> " all p's in lowercase. Then, > > after a few seconds it says " Warning: the original logon script has > > failed". How can this problem be resolved. Any help will be helpful. > > Is the DSL modem an external or an internal? > The most successful way of connecting FreeBSD via DSL is to use a network > card along with an external modem. That is the way most FreeBSD'ers do it, > but a DSL card -might- work. > > The main thing you have to setup is your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file. > Check out the following, and email with any questions you have; > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html > > Again, I suggest that if you are emailing me, you also post to > questions@freebsd.org because I may miss something that others > pickup on. Others may have other things to contribute that will > help -you-, and your learning will be then be on record for others > to learn from. > > >