RE: More Qs about Net Connection (was "Connecting to the Net")

[Dpk <dpk@egr.msu.edu>]

On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Andrew J Fortune wrote:

   
   > When you run pppconfig, and it asks for the modem port and the default
   > says "/dev/modem", change it to "/dev/ttyS[0-3]", with the 0-3 being the
   > number of the "COM port" your modem is on minus one. For example, if the
   > modem is on COM2, you'd specify "/dev/ttyS1".
   >
   
   I have done this. I have checked that indeed my modem is on COM2,
   and so therefore, I set pppconfig to /dev/ttys1. However, I anm now
   getting the following error (...and I dont have the foggiest notion
   why I am getting it ) :
   
   "/usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP.  This
   could be because the PPP kernel module is not loaded, or because
   the kernel is not configured for PPP.  See the README.linux file in
   the ppp-2.3.5 distribution."
   
   Has anyone else had this sort of error before ?

Your kernel does not currently support PPP.  As root, execute:
     insmod ppp

If you do not receive any errors, try to connect.  If you receive
errors, you may need to compile a kernel/modules for ppp.  (Unless you
have changed your kernel from the default installed, the ppp module
should arlready exist)

If this works you can use 'modconf' to have ppp automatically
included. 'insmod ppp' is good for testing, but won't survive a
reboot.

Dennis
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Dennis Kelly <dpk@egr.msu.edu>
Network Adminstrator
College of Engineering, MSU