From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 12 6: 9:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc24.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc24.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6092A37B417 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 06:09:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from columbia ([12.93.208.43]) by mtiwmhc24.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20011112140913.OCBH19017.mtiwmhc24.worldnet.att.net@columbia>; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:09:13 +0000 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "Tadimeti Keshav" , Subject: RE: How to install an external modem? Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 09:08:45 -0500 Message-ID: <005801c16b83$8abfd4c0$6600000a@ach.domain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <20011112133104.2444.qmail@web21008.mail.yahoo.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Tadimeti Keshav > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 8:31 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: How to install an external modem? > > Hello all, > I had successfully installed a STANDARD installation > of FreeBSD 4.3 > > My kernel is GENERIC. I have not compiled it yet. You don't need to compile the GENERIC kernel, it's already compiled for you. > I then connected an EXTERNAL modem (Creative Blaster > 56K V.90). > > Q1: How do I get FreeBSD to recognize this modem? It's more a question of recognizing the port that it's attached to. Which com port are you using? Com1 in the DOS world corresponds to sio0, Com2 as sio1, etc. > Q2: How do I dial up? How do I connect to the > INternet? > (what is the equivalent of DIAL_UP connections > here) You are in search of a small book called the Pedantic PPP Primer. It's written with an older version of FreeBSD in mind, but it should give you a good basis for what you would need for version 4.3. This book is available lots of places, including freebsd.org. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message