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Date:      Mon, 12 Jan 1998 22:16:09 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Elliot Finley <efinley@castlenet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Q: dialout line
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112221529.22079R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <34b67cf6.69525397@castlenet.com>

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On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Elliot Finley wrote:

> I am using FreeBSD 2.2-stable
> I have user ppp set up.
> 
> My computer can't connect to my ISP...
> 
> when I use ppp interactively, and go into term, I can issue commands
> to my modem, and I can see the response.  When I type atdt####### and
> the modem connects, I can see the connect <whateverspeed> message.
> But instead of the login prompt from my ISP I get a long string of the
> same character.  I had this working on com1 just fine, but when I
> switched it to com2, everything broke.

Make sure you're using the correct speed and bit settings for your modem
and/or provider.  See the help for the `set' command.

You might check with a known working source that the modem is working
properly.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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