Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:59:16 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Fro Joe <tennies@uwplatt.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP nothing happens!!! Message-ID: <199908171459.PAA01049@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:56:13 CDT." <000c01bee83a$8cfeab40$97e336ce@mypc.myhost.com>
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Was your modem probed correctly ? This sort of thing happens when
the IRQ is wrong - ie, the os doesn't know that there's a character
waiting 'till you send one (at which point it has a quick look at the
receive port).
> I even enter the terminal mode and it is always like one character BEHIND
> what I type... if I typed "ATDT" it would only show ATD... then if I pressed
> space it'd be ATDT... my modem is a real modem... a 3Com/USR Fax Modem
> (Akita OEM)...
>
> the kernel finds it and nothing happens in PPP... so thanks to this and not
> enough help to be easily found... I switched over to Linux for my proxy
> because they have the how-to's to get you going... I know I'll lose like 30%
> on my multi-PPP connection, but at least I can find the help w/o having to
> wait for a response... if anyone can help me with this I will consider
> reinstalling FreeBSD 3.2... but a big recommendation I have is get some
> better how-to's and such for help...
>
> Please send a copy of responses to me @ tennies@uwplatt.edu
>
> Joe Tennies... an unpleased customer
I think you need to be a bit more thick-skinned. Sometimes support
is fast & furious, sometimes it takes time, sometimes you need to
rephrase the question to get people interested in answering....
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org>
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