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YAWMPPP
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version 2.0.2
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Yet Another PPP Window Maker dock applet
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(C) 2000 Felipe Bergo
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Table of Contents
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Overview
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Requirements
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Installing
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Features
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Files
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Reporting Bugs
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Usage Hints
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Programs
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Interface Guide
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Window Manager Placement
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Configuration
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DNS Servers
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Modem Ports
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Login/Password expects
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Trouble?
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More Documentation
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Overview
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--------
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YAWMPPP sits in Window Maker's dock (or AfterStep's Wharf, or keeps
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standing as a 64x64 window with other Window Managers) and manages
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PPP connections. For window managers not capable of docking
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yawmppp also provides a bar shaped version (yawmppp.thin).
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It includes a GUI to easily setup your ISP entries, so that you
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don't need to edit CHAT scripts.
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YAWMPPP is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
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License, version 2 or later (at your choice). A copy of the
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license is provided in the file COPYING in this same directory.
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Requirements
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------------
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YAWMPPP is known to run on Linux (tested with 2.2 kernels) and FreeBSD
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(tested with 3.4-RELEASE) and has been reported to work with NetBSD 1.5.
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You'll need:
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- root access to install YAWMPPP
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- A kernel with PPP support compiled in.
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- pppd, the ppp daemon, installed in /usr/sbin/pppd
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(currently this path mandatory for the builtin scripts to
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work). If you wish to use YAWMPPP as non-root pppd must
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have the setuid bit set. The RedHat installation already
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brings this set.
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Version 2.3.11 or newer is recommended.
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- the "chat" program (usually included in the pppd package, comes
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with the FreeBSD distribution too).
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- GTK+ 1.2.1 or greater. 1.2.6 recommended.
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If you don't have it you can grab it from
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http://www.gtk.org
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Remember to get the GLib too (needed by GTK+).
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On RedHat-based systems (RedHat itself, Mandrake, Conectiva,
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Independence, etc.) you'll need these packages installed to
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compile YAWMPPP:
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glib-1.2.x
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glib-devel-1.2.x
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gtk+-1.2.x
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gtk+-devel-1.2.x
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Author: Felipe Bergo <bergo@seul.org>, who built YAWMPPP
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using code from the WMPPP application developed by
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Martijn Pieterse and Antoine Nulle.
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YAWMPPP's web page is located at
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http://yawmppp.seul.org
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For more information on WMPPP see
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http://windowmaker.mezaway.org
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Installing
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Read the file INSTALL for instructions. Be sure to read this file
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entirely before using YAWMPPP
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Features
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--------
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YAWMPPP features all things the standard pppd offers and gives
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you some additional amusements:
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* Integrated online timer;
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* Integrated modem RX/TX LED's;
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* Integrated YAWMPPP status LED;
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* Integrated autoscaling PPP transfer statistics;
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* Integrated bytes/second Speed-O-Meter;
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* Automatic detection of active ppp interfaces;
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* Several commandline options (try '-h' for help);
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* Easy ISP configuration GUI
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* Multiple ISP entries support
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* Logging facility with GUI viewer
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Files
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README This file.
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INSTALL Installation instructions.
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CHANGELOG Description of changes.
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COPYING GNU General Public License Version 2.
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FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
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Reporting Bugs
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If you discover any bugs in this software, please send a
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bug report to bergo@seul.org and describe the
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problem as detailed as you can.
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Usage Hints
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First of all: you can type "man yawmppp" for help at the command line.
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Programs:
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yawmppp - The PPP dock applet
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yawmppp.thin - A PPP applet for non dock-capable window managers
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(e.g. Enlightenment, Sapphire...)
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yawmppp.pref - The Dialing setup tool (can be run from
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yawmppp by clicking the left mouse
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button in the display area)
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yawmppp.log - The log view tool (can be run from yawmppp
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by clicking the middle or right mouse buttons
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in the display area)
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Interface guide (yawmppp)
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Please, don't laugh at the drawing.
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+-----------------------------+ A : Connection timer
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|+---------------------------+|
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||AAAAAAAAAAA BB CC DD || B : RX LED (blinks when PPP packets
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||AAAAAAAAAAA BB CC DD || are received)
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|| ||
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||EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE|| C : TX LED (blinks when PPP packets
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||EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE|| are sent)
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||EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE||
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||EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE|| D : ON/OFF LED: dark when there is no
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|| || active connection, GREEN if
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||FFFFFFFFFF GGGGGGGGGGGGG|| the connection is up, YELLOW
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||FFFFFFFFFF GGGGGGGGGGGGG|| while dialing, RED on error.
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|+---------------------------+|
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|+-----++-----+ +-----++-----+| E : Speed history
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|| || | | || ||
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|| < || > | | V || X || F : ISP entry name (short)
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|| || | | || ||
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|+-----++-----+ +-----++-----|| G : Connection speed, speed-o-meter,
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+-----------------------------+ error messages
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< : selects prior ISP. You can't change
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the ISP entry while online
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> : selects next ISP.
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V : connects to currently selected ISP
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X : closes current connection.
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You can click the display area with the left mouse button to open the
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ISP configuration tool (yawmppp.pref) or with any other mouse button
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to open the connection log viewer (yawmppp.log).
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Window Manager Placement
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Window Maker: Window Maker users simply drag and drop YAWMPPP on
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the WindowMaker Dock or the Clip.
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Press the right mouse button on YAWMPPP's outer edges and
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select "Settings..." from the popup menu that appears.
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Enable the 'Start when WindowMaker is started' option,
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then click on the 'OK' button in the Docked Applications
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Panel.
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AfterStep: Afterstep users put something like this in their Wharf rc
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file "Wharf yawmppp - MaxSwallow "yawmppp" yawmppp &"
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(this should be somewhere under ~/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep)
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Elsewhere: For other windowmanagers, YAWMPPP runs nicely as a 64x64
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pixel shaped icon on your desktop. You may prefer to run
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yawmppp.thin when not using Window Maker or AfterStep.
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Configuration
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YAWMPPP's configuration files stay beneath ~/.yawmppp2, which will
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be created as soon as you run yawmppp for the first time. The main
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configuration file is yawmppprc. You should use the yawmppp.pref
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application to create your entries. If you're willing to edit entries
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by hand, create some bogus entries with yawmppp.pref and take a look
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at the generated files for hints. It should be easy to figure out.
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The format has changed since YAWMPPP 1.x.x, thus the
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directory has changed (from ~/.yawmppp to ~/.yawmppp2).
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Don't try copying files between 1.x.x and 2.x.x versions.
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Modem ports
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On Linux the serial ports are (or at least should be :-) ):
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/dev/cua0 _or_ /dev/ttyS0 : DOS' COM1
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/dev/cua1 _or_ /dev/ttyS1 : " COM2
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/dev/cua2 _or_ /dev/ttyS2 : " COM3
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/dev/cua3 _or_ /dev/ttyS3 : " COM4
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If you don't know where your modem is, type
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dmesg | grep tty
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It should print something like
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ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
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ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
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ttyS02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
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If it shows the wrong irq to you, add a setserial command
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to one of your boot time scripts (maybe /etc/rc.d/rc.local)
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like:
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/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 10
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See "man setserial" for more information.
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On FreeBSD the dialout serial ports are
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/dev/cuaa0 (kernel interface sio0)
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/dev/cuaa1 (kernel interface sio1)
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/dev/cuaa2 (kernel interface sio2)
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/dev/cuaa3 (kernel interface sio3)
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If it fails to recognize your modem's port, or gives it the wrong
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IRQ, you have to compile a new kernel with the correct settings.
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Read the FreeBSD handbook if don't know how to do this
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(/usr/share/doc/books/handbook)
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Login/Password Expects
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----------------------
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The supplied expects for login and password are rather common,
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but if it fails, connect to your ISP using a standard communication
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program (like minicom) and watch what the ISP sends to ask for
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login and password.
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Trouble?
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--------
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Read the FAQ in this same directory.
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More Documentation
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------------------
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Linux users can read the ISP-Hookup and PPP howtos. These howtos
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are available from
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http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/
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If you are on a major Linux distribution the HOWTOs should be
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installed. Try looking beneath /usr/doc.
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You may also get the ppp source and read the FAQ included, it is
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at
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ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp
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