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To: svaar@math.uio.no (Peter Svaar)
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Subject: Re: PPP problem 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Dec 1996 19:55:04 +0100."
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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 08:20:18 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> ok, I admit, I'm a jerk. but hey, jerks want to run FreeBSD too!

Not that we'll admit it.

> and configured an FTP install. I am constantly connected to the net (not
> dialup) thorough a two-thread line (28.8). I go for PPP install, everything
> OK, but the program can't detect my modem. I try to change "set device" to
> /dev/cuaa0, /dev/cuaa1 and so further, nothing works. I can't seem to get in
> contact with the modem. I try "term" and "dial", I think I virtually have
> tried everything, changing the modem from com2 to com1, trying all sorts of
> combinations, trying slip. It won't work. I use 2.1.6. what should I do?

Hmmm.  Weird.  I have heard similar reports before, but a work-around
was always to configure the modem as com1 (sio0), after which stuff
just worked.  Are you sure on that one?  Is your modem even (sioxx)
probed at startup time?

					Jordan