Re: Connecting to the Net
Subject: Connecting to the Net
Date: Wed, Jun 09, 1999 at 10:42:03PM +1000
In reply to:Andrew J Fortune
Quoting Andrew J Fortune(mathman99@geocities.com):
>
> This is another newbie question.....
>
> I am trying to connect to the Net. I have run PPPConfig, hopefully
> successfully, and have then tried to run PON. I got the following message :
>
> /usr/sbin/pppd: In file /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unrecognized option
> '/dev/modem'
>
> Obviously there is no entry for my modem, but how do I fix it ?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> regards,
> Andrew J Fortune
>
>
When pppconfig ashed for a provider, you put in your isp name, right?
Then try this pon your_isp_name Let us know if that fixes it.
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