Re: PPP/Modem in Powerbook G3


Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Sat, 12 Jun 1999 20:40:56 -0600 (MDT)


Got one of the new ones.. trying to make everything work :)
(ethernet doesn't work and there's some problem with screen
init)

I think I saw somewhere that the modems are the same on the new ones as
they are on the previous ones...

On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, perry wrote:

> 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/
>
>

Dan

Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
 email: dburcaw@yellowdoglinux.com
 website: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/



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