From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 13 00:30:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA24346 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:30:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA24336 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:30:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA04783; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:30:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:30:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Chris Martino cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modem Problems In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, Chris Martino wrote: > To Whom it may Concern: > > The other day I installed FreeBSD 2.2.5 on a machine from CD. The > installation went very smoothly, as well ass the setup of X and > everything else. > > The only problem we have yet to solve is how to establish a PPP > connection. I've printed all the pages in the FAQ and handbook > pertaining to the subject, but I still can't seem to get it to work. > > I'm unsure of the exact modem it is (I can find out if you need it) but I > know that it is a Modem/Sound Card combonation. In windows95 it runs on > COM3 and COM4. Both? No, it's usually one or the other. > In freebsd i know that the corresponding ports for COM3 and 4 is > /dev/cuaa2 and /dev/cuaa3 but for somer reason the script won't work with > either. When I try to run the script it says "/dev/cuaa2 not configured" > and "/dev/cuaa3 not configured" In fact it does that with cuaa1 - cuaa4 > for some odd reason cuaa0 will let the script run, but the modem doesn't > dial or anything. Check the boot messages and make sure sio3 and sio4 are being probed. If not, you'll need to rebuild your kernel to activate them. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message