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Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 12:52:42 -0500 (CDT)
From: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu>
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To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@chaski.com
Subject: Re: pppd problem
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You will be a lot more likely to get help if you include 
at least a little information on:

1. what you are trying to do,
2. how you are going about it (the posting did not really
   explain this),
3. why you want to do it this way (maybe you misunderstood),
4. at least the version of FreeBSD,
5. (preferably, in this case), what you did to set up your
   modem, your serial ports, a little bit about your ISP's
   expectations for a ppp connection, etc.

For example, pppd is most often used as a ppp SERVER, not
a client.  ppp (ijppp) is most often used as a client.

Bud Dodson

> 
> 
> Help!  I can't seem to connect to anything using pppd.
> 
> I have the ppp device built into my kernel.
> 
> Using netscape I do a manual login  and 
> then type pppd modem 
> 
> 
> I hit continue on the netscape, everything
> seams to go fine, except I cannot connect to anything.
> 
> I get lots of ioctl errors on the bsd box.
> 
> Any idea whats wrong?
> 
> -Mike
> 

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M. L. Dodson                                bdodson@scms.utmb.edu
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