From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 22 05:48:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA17756 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 05:45:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-22.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA17749 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 05:45:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 0zsS7x-00078E-00; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:45:42 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id NAA01729; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:43:39 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (rasnt-2) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA09733; Tue, 22 Dec 98 13:43:36 GMT Message-Id: <367F95D3.99ABEF9A@uk.radan.com> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 12:51:31 +0000 From: Mark Ovens X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en-GB Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Stinnett Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: chat References: <000101be2d4b$97a93b00$99268acd@default> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Tim Stinnett wrote: > > Hello. > > I have recently installed FreeBSD 3.0 on my computer. I am trying to > connect to the internet through a local ISP. I have a PnP modem and have > modified the source using a FAQ found on the FreeBSD web server and the > modem works correctly. I have printed the pages from the hand book for > setting up a ppp connection and have followed it to the letter, as far as I > can tell. When I type ppp from the shell I get ppp ON foo:. I can then > type term and using ATDT dial into my ISP. After connecting it goes into > packet mode and I can run ping in the background and hit my ISP. If I try > to use the command ppp -auto provider I get an error saying Chat failed. I > never hear the modem dial. I have tried to change the dial string but can > not find anything that will work. Do you have any suggestions that I might > try. Thanks, > It would help if you include your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file with your message. > Tim Stinnett > Flatpickin' Just DU IT! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message