Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:56:01 +0200 From: "hay" <hay@kaostr.org> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB modem support? Message-ID: <021701c3fa25$8a5efa00$0400000a@HAY> References: <200402210226.24650.dgw@liwest.at><20040221101103.GH98919@marvin.home.local> <200402222023.54365.dgw@liwest.at>
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you can try this link http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoa.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniela" <dgw@liwest.at> To: "Tony Frank" <tfrank@optushome.com.au> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 10:23 PM Subject: Re: USB modem support? > On Saturday 21 February 2004 10:11, Tony Frank wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 02:26:24AM +0000, Daniela wrote: > > > I'm having problems with an USB ADSL modem (Alcatel Speed Touch). It is > > > recognized at boot time, but when I try to connect, it tells me that the > > > modem is busy. > > > I symlinked /dev/cuaa3 to /dev/ugen1 (that's the device that showed up in > > > the boot messages) and directed the kppp utility to use /dev/cuaa3. I > > > entered all the information it asked me for, and then I got the error > > > message: Modem is busy. My ISP told me to f*** off and get Windoze. > > > Anything else is unsupported. > > > > > > Is it a hardware problem or a classical case of a dumb user? > > > I'm not unexperienced with Ethernet connections, and I have a great > > > knowledge of the TCP/IP standard, but I have never done anything with > > > modems, so I can't even imagine how this stuff works. > > > > Have you tried: > > > > FreeBSD Handbook: > > http://marvin.home.local/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoa.html > > Thank you, that's great but the link above is broken. > Well, I installed that program and followed the instructions it gives me. > Now the tun0 interface is open, but it has no IP associated. I'm stuck here. > Do I have to use the DHCP client? (Tried it, but it configures the tunnel > from IP 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255) > I have no clue what to do next. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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