Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:15:18 -0600 From: "Hauan David A" <david.hauan@fairchild.af.mil> To: "Peterhin" <hindrich@worldchat.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: PPP Connection. Message-ID: <59FD5336D1B1FA40AF6DDD241D8DBAC6366EEB@amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil>
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-----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Chen [mailto:jonc@chen.org.nz] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 11:09 AM To: Peterhin Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP Connection. On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 12:11:34PM -0500, Peterhin wrote: > I have 5.3 installed, and am trying to get my dial-up going. > In the handbook under 21.2.1.2 when I try to do a=20 > 'cd /dev' > 'sh MAKEDEV tun0' > I get "can't open makedev: No such file or directory" The 5.x series uses a devfs filesystem which creates devices on the fly. You don't have to make the devices manually anymore. > I also tried using G. Lehey instructions from his book, I get to the=20 > point where the external modem dials at reboot, but no connection. I=20 > have looked in the log files and it looks like Authentication failure=20 > is my problem.=20 Username and password is incorrect? Post us the actual contents of the logs and your ppp.conf (with the username/password blanked out) and we will have a better idea just what is going wrong with your system. --=20 Note, if you have special characters in the username or password you need o escape them i.e., w@sh would be w\@sh. However, this is not always the case depending on the isp. Good luck. dave=20
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