Dominic Brunelle wrote:
> I'm trying to set up my ppp and my modem to get hocked to the net. Where
> should i start... if i do a pppd, i actually see some junk, the one that is
> suppose to be. I did the setserial thing to detect and autoconfig the
> ports, but it doesn't seems to detect the port cua2 and cua3. 'cause, if i
> do a "stty ctrscts /dev/cua2" (com3 is my modem port), it returns a standard
> input/output error, but it does not do it if i do the same command on the
> cua1 or cua0.
> Then, if i try the procedure to try manually to connect, i start minicom,
> initialize (it indicate online 0:00 in the status bar), quit without
> resetting and then do the "pppd -d -detatch /dev/cua2 115200 &" (might not
> be exact, i don't have it in front of me), i get nothing! Nothing also if i
> do a "ifconfig" or a "route -n".
>
> I have the scripts in /etc/ppp/scripts, do i have to put them someplace
> else? I have the resolv.conf file, the hosts.conf and the options file made
> from the options.tpl
>
Find ezppp. It is a simple GUI dialer for pppd, and has good help for
setting up the modem device etc with the correct permissions. Also try
wvdial, which works well.
HTH
George Russell
--
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them,
In the Land of Mordor where the shadows lie.
