Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 20:23:54 +0000 From: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> To: Tony Frank <tfrank@optushome.com.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB modem support? Message-ID: <200402222023.54365.dgw@liwest.at> In-Reply-To: <20040221101103.GH98919@marvin.home.local> References: <200402210226.24650.dgw@liwest.at> <20040221101103.GH98919@marvin.home.local>
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On Saturday 21 February 2004 10:11, Tony Frank wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 02:26:24AM +0000, Daniela wrote: > > I'm having problems with an USB ADSL modem (Alcatel Speed Touch). It is > > recognized at boot time, but when I try to connect, it tells me that the > > modem is busy. > > I symlinked /dev/cuaa3 to /dev/ugen1 (that's the device that showed up in > > the boot messages) and directed the kppp utility to use /dev/cuaa3. I > > entered all the information it asked me for, and then I got the error > > message: Modem is busy. My ISP told me to f*** off and get Windoze. > > Anything else is unsupported. > > > > Is it a hardware problem or a classical case of a dumb user? > > I'm not unexperienced with Ethernet connections, and I have a great > > knowledge of the TCP/IP standard, but I have never done anything with > > modems, so I can't even imagine how this stuff works. > > Have you tried: > > FreeBSD Handbook: > http://marvin.home.local/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoa.html Thank you, that's great but the link above is broken. Well, I installed that program and followed the instructions it gives me. Now the tun0 interface is open, but it has no IP associated. I'm stuck here. Do I have to use the DHCP client? (Tried it, but it configures the tunnel from IP 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255) I have no clue what to do next.
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