PPP Connection.

[Hauan David A]

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Chen [mailto:jonc at chen.org.nz]
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 11:09 AM
To: Peterhin
Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: PPP Connection.


On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 12:11:34PM -0500, Peterhin wrote:
> I have 5.3 installed, and am trying to get my dial-up going.
> In the handbook under 21.2.1.2 when 	I try to do a 
> 'cd /dev'
> 'sh MAKEDEV tun0'
>  I get "can't open makedev: No such file or directory"

The 5.x series uses a devfs filesystem which creates devices on the
fly. You don't have to make the devices manually anymore.

> I also tried using G. Lehey instructions from his book, I get to the 
> point where  the external modem dials at reboot, but no connection. I 
> have looked in the log files and it looks like Authentication failure 
> is my problem. 

Username and password is incorrect? Post us the actual contents of the
logs and your ppp.conf (with the username/password blanked out) and we
will have a better idea just what is going wrong with your system.
-- 

Note, if you have special characters in the username or password
you need o escape them i.e., w at sh would be w\@sh.
However, this is not always the case depending on the isp.
Good luck.

dave