From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 3 22:29:40 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AC21106567D for ; Mon, 3 May 2010 22:29:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 378638FC13 for ; Mon, 3 May 2010 22:29:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o43MTJqP076786; Mon, 3 May 2010 16:29:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id o43MTJVB076783; Mon, 3 May 2010 16:29:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 16:29:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: osp@aloha.com In-Reply-To: <201005032134.o43LYA3m026344@yoda.pixi.com> Message-ID: References: <201005032134.o43LYA3m026344@yoda.pixi.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.5 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 03 May 2010 16:29:19 -0600 (MDT) Cc: Peter Winn , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 22:29:40 -0000 On Mon, 3 May 2010, osp@aloha.com wrote: >> Hi, I am having problems connecting to my ISP. I am running a freebsd >> 7.2 box using a thompson speedtouch usb modem to connect to an adsl >> telephone line. However when I try to make a PPP connection using >> pppoa the driver says it cannot find the modem. The dmesg from the >> kernel says the modem is 'cdce0' and 'usb0 is on uhub0'. But 'cdce0' >> is not in /dev and when I try to ./MAKEDEV cdce0 I get command not >> found. Can anyone help me? > I expect an ADSL line to go to a "modem" that presents as Ethernet. Connect > to that with a CAT-5 cable connected to your computer's Ethernet port and > add configuration settings to your /etc/rc.conf. > > If your "thompson speedtouch usb modem" is in fact an ADSL modem then the > USB end out to present as a network interface. Again, ppp would not be used. PPPoE, though... The device to use would be ue0. Tested with an old Ambit cable modem here; it's detected as cdce0 and the ue0 device is automatically created. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA