Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 15:34:01 -0500 (EST) From: John D Duncan <jddst19+@pitt.edu> To: Shane Cribbs <ccribbs@bulloch.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please Help! Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95L.961106152954.16709A-100000@unixs4.cis.pitt.edu> In-Reply-To: <3280BAE8.6769@bulloch.com>
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On Wed, 6 Nov 1996, Shane Cribbs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am very interested in using FreeBSD. I have tried to install it over
> FTP and can't get it to work. Here's the situation.
>
> I get to where I am supposed to connect to my internet provider and I
> get the prompt "PPP on ccribbs>". I typed "term", but then all I could
> do was exit. I have a modem that uses AT commands. What do I need to
> type to connect to my provider? Please!
>
> Shane Cribbs
> ccribbs@goldstag.com
>
FreeBSD-stable's install program is somewhat broken on that respect,
in that it asks you which port you need to use and it does not bother
setting it for iijppp. I have no idea why it does this, but if you want
to use a device other than /dev/cuaa0 (viz. /dev/cuaa1) use
set device /dev/cuaa1
and then
set speed x
and then you have to manually atdt and all that. With a 16550A UART you
are able to use speeds of up to 115200, but the 16450 only supports 19200,
so remember to check the boot-messages as it starts.
if your modem requires a setup string (mine doesn't) you might want to
write it down off of your dos prog.
I hope you enjoy FreeBSD.
-jd
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jddst19+@pitt.edu John Duncan
Freshman, University of Pittsburgh
"I'm not a doctor, but I ate one at the UPMC..."
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