From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 17 20:00:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA16684 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 17 May 1998 20:00:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA16511 for ; Sun, 17 May 1998 19:59:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA06515; Sun, 17 May 1998 22:59:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199805180259.WAA06515@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: PPP Help In-Reply-To: <19980518014054.8002.qmail@hotmail.com> from Tom Bodette at "May 17, 98 06:40:54 pm" To: skree69@hotmail.com (Tom Bodette) Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 22:59:45 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Tom Bodette wrote: > I setup my PPP corectly i think. but when i type 'ppp' then type 'dial > ISP' it gives me the error "Warning: DialModem: dial failed" what does > this mean? > Exactly what it says. Try enabling a lot of logging options in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf, and start a tail -f /var/log/ppp.log on a second xterm or console, and you will get more information. A busy phone line is one cause. Dave -- <----. mail-to: djv@bedford.net <----|=================================== <----' Zber Qnrzbaf, Srjre Qrivyf! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message