Re: PPP/Modem in Powerbook G3


perry (perryp@shore.net)
Sat, 12 Jun 1999 21:47:29 -0400


cool. it's a nice machine, isn't it? did oyu get one of the new ones, or
the previous generation?

-perry

At 8:32 PM -0600 6/12/99, Dan Burcaw wrote:
>Hey, I just got a powerbook G3. Let me give PPP a try and I'll let you
>know how it goes and if I did anything special to make it work.
>
>Dan
>
>On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, perry wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> a few weeks back i attempted to get PPP running on my powerbook G3 under
>> Champion Server 1.0. Didn't work. So, now i've got a little free time, and
>> i figured i'd give it another go. no luck.
>>
>> I've used netcfg to set up the ppp0 interface, and set my modem to
>>/dev/ttyS2.
>>
>> What's happening is that, well, nothing happens. When i launch usernet to
>> intiate my connection, i press the ppp0 button, and the red light turns
>> green [supposed to indicate that it's trying]. That light never turns
>> green. Am i missing something here? If i can't get this to go i'm just
>> going to give up and wait for Gone Home.
>>
>> -perry
>>
>
>
>Dan
>
>Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
> email: dburcaw@yellowdoglinux.com
> website: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/



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