Re: PPP setup through OS X
On Oct 20, 2005, at 8:53 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Live-Wire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I'm going to be connecting my 5.4 box w/ no monitor to my network, but before I move it to the router area I want to make sure I'll be able to change the network configuration without lugging the box back to where I can plug it into a monitor. Is there a guide or reference to plugging in my Mac OS X laptop directly into my box with PPP to configure it for the network? What other issues do I have to be aware of? I'm not sure exactly what you're asking for. You will probably need to look elsewhere for help configuring your Mac. For the FreeBSD side, there are pages in the handbook, as well as the ppp(8) manual. Let us know what you've tried, and what went wrong. You can do this by simply enabling your FBSD server's serial port. I do this on two different machines and things work great. Also note that I used to handle this with my PowerBook G4. You're going to probably need a USB->Serial Port adapter. I would recommend the Keyspan model. I don't remember what terminal software I used to use as I also have a windows laptop now that I use when I must connect to the BSD boxes via serial. HTH ___ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: PPP setup through OS X
Live-Wire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm going to be connecting my 5.4 box w/ no monitor to my network, but > before I move it to the router area I want to make sure > I'll be able to change the network configuration without lugging the > box back to where I can plug it into a monitor. Is there a guide > or reference to plugging in my Mac OS X laptop directly into my box > with PPP to configure it for the network? What other issues > do I have to be aware of? I'm not sure exactly what you're asking for. You will probably need to look elsewhere for help configuring your Mac. For the FreeBSD side, there are pages in the handbook, as well as the ppp(8) manual. Let us know what you've tried, and what went wrong. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
PPP setup through OS X
I'm going to be connecting my 5.4 box w/ no monitor to my network, but before I move it to the router area I want to make sure I'll be able to change the network configuration without lugging the box back to where I can plug it into a monitor. Is there a guide or reference to plugging in my Mac OS X laptop directly into my box with PPP to configure it for the network? What other issues do I have to be aware of? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: ppp setup
--- fbsd_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are making an assumption that FBSD and windows look at the > modem the same way, and you are wrong in that assumption. FBSD and > windows are 2 very different OS and I no way handle PCI devices and > IRQ's the same way. > > I beat I know your problem. Since your PC is first window box you > bought winmodem for it because they are so cheap. The reason > winmodems are so cheap is because they are missing onboard > controllers and DPC chips. You have to load special modems software > drivers which perform those function in software. FBSD does not work > with winmodems and if you look in /var/run/dmesg.boot you will see > an message for pci device (unknown) thats your winmodem. > There is nothing wrong with user ppp yet it has not really been able > to do any thing because the device you told it to use was never > found at boot time. > > -Original Message- > From: marcelo cardoso martinelli > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 12:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: ppp setup > > > --- fbsd_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do you know that your modem is connected to com4? > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of marcelo > > cardoso martinelli > > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:09 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: ppp setup > > > > i made a clean install of freebsd 5.0-release in my home machine > and > > i > > am having trouble setting up my box for dial-up access to the > > internet. > > > > my modem is connected to com4 but my dmesg entry shows that the > > kernel > > is only tracking up to com2. i tried looking at my kernel > > configuration > > file but it is only showing one line for serial devices (device > > sio). > > how can i get around this? > > > > i remember that setting it up in the 4.x series was much easier. > > > > TIA. > > because my system is a dual-boot setup (freebsd and winxp) and i was > able to extract the information from winxp. > > BTW, i only have a dual-boot box because my wife can't handle bsd > and i > don't have the time to teach her. if it was up to me i'd be using > freebsd only. > two things: first, no my modem is not a winmodem, and i would think that both OSes would access the modem using the same com port. i had never observed that one os - be it linux, freebsd or windows - would access the same piece of hardware differently. either way, but my modem doesn't exist in /dev/cuaa0 or /dev/cuaa1, that's for sure. i haven't been able to work on my home box over the past couple days but one hint i got was to edit /boot/device.hints which may solve the problem. one piece of advice, please remember to include Cc the mailing list when you reply to a post. i don't think the idea of a mailing list is to start private conversations. thanks for the help. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
ppp setup
i made a clean install of freebsd 5.0-release in my home machine and i am having trouble setting up my box for dial-up access to the internet. my modem is connected to com4 but my dmesg entry shows that the kernel is only tracking up to com2. i tried looking at my kernel configuration file but it is only showing one line for serial devices (device sio). how can i get around this? i remember that setting it up in the 4.x series was much easier. TIA. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Earthlink PPP Setup (Compression, negotiation problems)
Hello all, I recently purchased an external modem. It is a Best Data V.92 external modem. My ISP is earthlink. I dissable compression through the modem init string giberish appears inside the interactive ppp session (I assume it is expecting some sort of software compression?). I can connect with user PPP if I enable modem hardware compression (the modem negotiates v44.bis). When I connect with compression I start getting large numbers of HDLC errors and I can hardly send or recieve any traffic. If I connect the modem in question to a WinXP machine all is well. Could someone with some experience in these matters help me sort this out? CC me. I am not on -questions mailling list. thanks in advance, Galen Sampson __ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
