Re: ISP Connection problem - ADSL

2004-06-30 Thread Steve Bertrand
Many thanks for your help with this problem, you were right on the money. I followed your directions and it worked like a charm. Great. Glad I could help ;o) If only I'd asked sooner I could have saved hours fiddling unsuccessfully with PPP settings, but it was a learning experience.

ISP Connection problem - ADSL

2004-06-28 Thread Bryce
Hi, Im a freeBSD newbie have been struggling for some time to get my adsl connection working on Freebsd 5.2.1 Release. I've tried many suggested configurations for /etc/ppp/ppp.conf, and /etc/rc.conf read relevant chapters from 'Complete FreeBSD' the handbook, but my connection still dies

Re: ISP Connection problem - ADSL

2004-06-28 Thread Steve Bertrand
Im using an Alcatel Speedtouch 530 Modem connected to Ethernet. My ADSL connection is fine in Windoze however the configuration for the modem is usually set through a web-browser. Do the modem settings(done via browser) affect the connection in FBSD or does the system simply take the

Re: ISP Connection problem - ADSL

2004-06-28 Thread Peter Ulrich Kruppa
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Bryce wrote: Hi, Im a freeBSD newbie have been struggling for some time to get my adsl connection working on Freebsd 5.2.1 Release. I've tried many suggested configurations for /etc/ppp/ppp.conf, and /etc/rc.conf read relevant chapters from 'Complete FreeBSD' the handbook,