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- From: "G.Taylor" <carinehs@vianet.net.au>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: PPP cant init serial.device
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 01:12:40 +0800
- Organization: Carine Senior High School
- Message-ID: <3103C588.7A34@vianet.net.au>
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- I may be late in posting this query, but I am new to this newsgroup.
- I pricked up my ears when I read the recent postings about problems with
- getting the serial device to go using ppp0.
- I too have had no success in getting my A3000 on the 'net due to a
- similar problem. I can dial into my provider using a terminal program
- and log in quite successfully, however, any attempt to use AmiTCP with
- any of the dialers etc give the result "ppp0 offline" "unit is currently
- offline"
-
- In particular, I am trying to get Amosaic 1.4b to startup using the
- supplied startup icon.
- The modem dials out perfectly, the provider returns, the message
- "PPP connection ready, starting AmiTCP" comes up as the
- AmiTCP:bin/login.ip script ends.
- At this point, the dreaded message "ppp0 offline" pops up and everything
- hangs.
-
- Was this the same as the previous correspondent's problem?
- If so, I would be greatful of any suggestions.
-
- (Not to be critical of my beloved Amiga, but I am forced to compare the
- difficulties I have had trying to get online with it with the
- exceptional ease I have experienced in setting up the IBM clone I am
- currently loggen in with. I simply plugged in the modem, loaded the
- software from disk, set the various defaults and it was away. It took no
- more than 15 minutes.
- As for the A3000; So far it has been four months of trial and error,
- (mostly error!) downloading various bit and pieces of software, editing
- a variety of script files, setting up all sorts of devices etc and it
- still won't work!! It is very frustrating) (<:3|)
-
-
-
- Regards
-
- Geoff Taylor
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