From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 25 19:15:49 2005 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 1011E16A4CE for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:15:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from amcuxfw803.amc.af.mil (amcuxfw803.amc.af.mil [131.9.254.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E84643D1D for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:15:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david.hauan@fairchild.af.mil) Received: from amc.af.mil ([131.9.19.120]) by fw3.amc.af.mil with ESMTP id j1PJFfAY018116 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:15:41 -0600 (CST) Received: from ([131.9.25.136]) by amcotav502.amc.af.mil with ESMTP id KP-AXRBH.2663747; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:14:44 -0600 Received: from amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil ([131.9.19.74]) by AMCW2BH506.amc.ds.af.mil with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:15:18 -0600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6375.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:15:18 -0600 Message-ID: <59FD5336D1B1FA40AF6DDD241D8DBAC6366EEB@amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: PPP Connection. Thread-Index: AcUbbYwva/5jRQNgRVS96ruAkya6BQAALReQ From: "Hauan David A" To: "Peterhin" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Feb 2005 19:15:18.0746 (UTC) FILETIME=[580BFBA0:01C51B6E] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: PPP Connection. 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: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:15:49 -0000 -----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