From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 12 7:18:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tomts15-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts15.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4466E37B416 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 07:18:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from prayforwind.com ([216.209.82.186]) by tomts15-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with SMTP id <20011112151852.PYIC14865.tomts15-srv.bellnexxia.net@prayforwind.com>; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 10:18:52 -0500 From: Steve Brown Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 15:28:22 GMT Message-ID: <20011112.15282200@prayforwind.com> Subject: Re: How to install an external modem? To: Tadimeti Keshav , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20011112133104.2444.qmail@web21008.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20011112133104.2444.qmail@web21008.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla/3.0 (compatible; StarOffice/5.2;Linux) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 Do you have a Windows partition and does the modem work on Windows? Whic= h=20 port (com =3D=3D cua in other words if it's on com1 under window= s it's=20 com0 under FreeBSD)? If it's using a port higher than cua3 re-submit you= r=20 question as "how do I re-compile kernel to enable more than 4 serial por= ts?".=20 If you don't have windows to compare, check your dip-switches for correc= tness=20 and try all 4 ports. You can use "ppp" to check (assume your modem is go= ing=20 to work if it is on 1 of the 1'st 4 ports) I found the standard "ppp" that comes with the system much more reliable= =20 than the KDE/Gnome add-on(s). And you probably would prefer to not be=20 obligated to run such an environment just to connect to internet.=20 Unfortunately the handbook's explanation of ppp is not as intuitive as=20 you may need at this point (I was stuck for months on it). Here's the=20 article that got me through this: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/14/FreeBSD_Basics.html Good luck, Steve >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 11/12/01, 8:31:04 AM, Tadimeti Keshav =20 wrote regarding 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. > I then connected an EXTERNAL modem (Creative Blaster > 56K V.90). > Q1: How do I get FreeBSD to recognize this modem? > Q2: How do I dial up? How do I connect to the > INternet? > (what is the equivalent of DIAL_UP connections > here) > I searched the HANDBOOK and FAQ in vain. > I hope I have not asked a repeat question. If so > please refer me to a specific section of the handbook > / other documentation. > Thanks for your time. > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Ema= il=20 and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message