From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 31 14:56:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 171D110656B3 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:56:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from sola.nimnet.asn.au (paqi.nimnet.asn.au [115.70.110.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 594CF8FC19 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:56:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sola.nimnet.asn.au (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o7VEukXU075769; Wed, 1 Sep 2010 00:56:46 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 00:56:45 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith To: Antonio Olivares In-Reply-To: <20100831004300.14BA410656EF@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: <20100901002142.R29840@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20100831004300.14BA410656EF@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-709418500-1283266605=:29840" Cc: Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wvstreaams + wvdial on FreeBSD 8.1 AMD 64 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: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:56:51 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-709418500-1283266605=:29840 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 326, Issue 2, Message: 2 On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:27:47 -0500 Antonio Olivares wrote: > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:19 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Antonio Olivares > > wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:37 AM, Odhiambo Washington > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Antonio Olivares > >> > > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Dear FreeBSD users, > >> >> > >> >> I have run out of ideas to troubleshoot a difficult task: > >> >> > >> >> get wvstreams and wvdial to work on FreeBSD 8.1. > >> >> > >> > > >> > Why don't you just use the native ppp in FreeBSD? > >> > >> Don't have experience with it :(  Have used kppp in FreeBSD and Linux, > >> but also use wvdial.  I prefer those tools and examples in FreeBSD > >> Handbook have not worked for me before sadly. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Antonio > > > > Did you try PC-BSD? > > > > No :( > > Had tried it before, but I read that it too lacks kppp and that the > port is broken with no apparent fix in sight. It's not just that kppp, from KDE's linuxcentricity, only supported pppd & not FreeBSD's ppp(8), but that pppd on FreeBSD received scant attention in recent years and was dropped altogether in FreeBSD 8.0 ppp(8) works fine and is well supported and well documented in the man page and Handbook. You shouldn't have any trouble gaining experience with it, and if you do, lots of people here can help with config. Having delved into the complexities of pppd setup on a Linux system myself, I quite understand why people preferred a front-end for it :) ppp(8) needs one config file and is easily managed by simple script/s. cheers, Ian --0-709418500-1283266605=:29840--