Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 16:29:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: osp@aloha.com Cc: Peter Winn <peterwinn@btinternet.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005031606150.76724@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <201005032134.o43LYA3m026344@yoda.pixi.com> References: <201005032134.o43LYA3m026344@yoda.pixi.com>
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On Mon, 3 May 2010, osp@aloha.com wrote: >> Hi, I am having problems connecting to my ISP. I am running a freebsd >> 7.2 box using a thompson speedtouch usb modem to connect to an adsl >> telephone line. However when I try to make a PPP connection using >> pppoa the driver says it cannot find the modem. The dmesg from the >> kernel says the modem is 'cdce0' and 'usb0 is on uhub0'. But 'cdce0' >> is not in /dev and when I try to ./MAKEDEV cdce0 I get command not >> found. Can anyone help me? > I expect an ADSL line to go to a "modem" that presents as Ethernet. Connect > to that with a CAT-5 cable connected to your computer's Ethernet port and > add configuration settings to your /etc/rc.conf. > > If your "thompson speedtouch usb modem" is in fact an ADSL modem then the > USB end out to present as a network interface. Again, ppp would not be used. PPPoE, though... The device to use would be ue0. Tested with an old Ambit cable modem here; it's detected as cdce0 and the ue0 device is automatically created. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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