FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation

David Banning david at skytracker.ca
Mon Apr 7 07:29:03 PDT 2003


On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 03:02:24AM -0400, E. J. Cerejo wrote:
> I think you're forgetting to put the name of the connection like this:
> 
> ppp -ddial "Name of your connection"
but that shouldn't be necessary if he's using the "default" connection
should it?

> 
> Sukhbinder Singh wrote:
> > Yes I did. but still whenever I launch ppp and type dial at the ppp command
> > prompt like "ppp ON foo > dial" it goes up to "Ppp ON foo > " with the first
> > "p" in uppercase and the rest 2 in lowercase and then the next prompt it
> > will go the all of the p's in lower case again like "ppp ON foo > "
> > Any help will be helpful.
> > 
> > -Singh
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David Banning <david at skytracker.ca>
> > To: Sukhbinder Singh <sukhbinders at hotmail.com>
> > Cc: David Banning <david at skytracker.ca>; <questions at freebsd.org>
> > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 12:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >>On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 12:10:15PM +0800, Sukhbinder Singh wrote:
> >>
> >>>I have got my ppp.conf file ready. I copied the "default" that you gave
> >>
> > me
> > 
> >>>in your mail. Then, I tried launching ppp. by typing ppp -ddial at the
> >>>command prompt. I got to the stage where one of the 3 ppp's the first
> >>
> > "p"
> > 
> >>>turning into capital "P" that's it then the next line I got all the p's
> >>>again in lowercase. I do not know what is the problem here. my ppp.conf
> >>
> > file
> > 
> >>>is the default that you mailed me. Any help will be helpful.
> >>
> >>did you set the login and password?;
> >>
> >>set authname whatever
> >>set authkey whatever
> >>
> > 
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