From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 3 13:05:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA03531 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 13:05:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA03470 for ; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 13:04:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA20933; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:53:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:53:28 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Cliff Roman cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199803011951.NAA21350@riptide.wavetech.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Cliff Roman wrote: > I purchased my FreeBSD CDs last week and I am happy to say, I am starting > to make some progress > in the brand new world of Unix (brand new to me that is). Welcome aboard! > However I would like to be able to dialup my IP, connect via PPP and then > use IRC, FTP and TINTIN > directly from my FreeBSD. No problem. > The only part I am missing here is the dialup part.. I was looking through > my ports and I came across > DIP.. I did the MAKE INSTALL and it looks like it installed correctly, > however I can not figure out how > to start it up. I tried "dip" and "DIP".. just keeps telling me it doesnt > exist. You missed ppp! :-) Simply run `ppp' to get you started. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message