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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!usc!news.cerf.net!news.liberty.com!usenet From: Fred Adorno <fadorn19@idt.liberty.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PPP on FreeBSD v2.1.0 Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 14:31:23 -0700 Organization: Liberty Information Network Lines: 23 Message-ID: <31B9F12B.7909@idt.liberty.com> References: <4p56p5$8js@azure.acsu.buffalo.edu> Reply-To: fadorn19@idt.liberty.com NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp171.liberty.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (Win95; I) wsiaton@acsu.buffalo.edu wrote: > > Help!!! > > I have a problem getting PPP setup. I dial and connect, but i can't > do anything after that. I hit Alt-F2, login, etc. and then try to ftp, > telnet, etc. and It just sits there. I also get an error when i swtich > to packet mode that says something like a file is already there. > > I also have another problem. FreeBSD doesn't always detect my > modem. Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. My modem is on COM2 > (sio1). > > If you have any ideas, please send me e-mail. Thanx. > > --- > Alan Jurek (jurekam@merwan.sunyerie.edu) > Buffalo, NY USA You need to give up more info about your setup. For example are you trying to setup a dial-up connection using tun or pppd? Have you configured the devices to recognize your modem? Is your connection static or dynamic? What program are you using to dial-up? Chat, kermit or other?