User PPP connection problems

[Mark C. Perreault]

Hello,


I am also a newbie to FreeBSD, and have also had problems connecting to
an ISP. While I can actually make the connection, I cannot yet complete
a logon successfully ;(.

But I may have some insight as to your problem. Having looked at your
ppp.log, it appears that your system is never actually dialing the
number to connect.

 
These lines explain it:

 
Sep  8 22:25:12  ppp[221]: tun0: Chat: Phone: 5571090
This line is your ppp being informed of the phone number.
 
Sep  8 22:25:12  ppp[221]: tun0: Chat: deflink: Dial
attempt 1 of 1
 
Sep  8 22:25:12  ppp[221]: tun0: Chat: Send: AT^M
This line is the modem being sent an attention signal.
 
 
Sep  8 22:25:12  ppp[221]: tun0: Chat: Expect(5): OK
This line tells that ppp is expecting the modem to responds with an OK -
the standard response to an attention signal, and that it expects the
response in 5 seconds (this is due to your "set dial" command in
/etc/ppp/ppp.conf.)
 
 
Sep  8 22:25:17  ppp[221]: tun0: Chat: Expect timeout
Here, (5 seconds later), the system has not gotten the expected
response, so it times out and tries again.
 
Sep  8 22:25:17  ppp[221]: tun0: Chat: Send: AT^M 
 
 Sep  8 22:25:17  ppp[221]: tun0: Chat: Expect(5): OK
 
Sep  8 22:25:22  ppp[221]: tun0: Chat: Expect timeout
 
Sep  8 22:25:22  ppp[221]: tun0: Warning: Chat script
failed
 
The same thing has happened again - and the connection fails.
 
Sep  8 22:25:22  ppp[221]: tun0: Phase: deflink: dial
-> hangup
 

 

Your problems are indicative of a configuration problem or possible a
modem hardware problem.

Do you ever actually hear the modem pick up the phone (do you get a dial
tone)? Can you post a copy of your ppp.conf file?