From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 27 06:28:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA27849 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 May 1998 06:28:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cvs.rochester.edu (swift.cvs.rochester.edu [128.151.80.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id GAA27840 for ; Wed, 27 May 1998 06:28:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chizk@cvs.rochester.edu) Received: from 128.151.80.16 (cassowary.cvs.rochester.edu) by cvs.rochester.edu (4.1/MAIN-MX-1.4.3.3) id AA15313; Wed, 27 May 98 09:28:19 EDT Message-Id: <356C232C.5ED8D06@cvs.rochester.edu> Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 09:29:05 -0500 From: Chris Chizk X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Connecting to isp w/ a modem X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, My question is in reguards to connecting to my isp via modem on my machine running freebsd. At this point, I have no interest in regestering a domain name or becoming a server, I just want to connect to my isp to read mail etc. I can do this on my win 95 partition, but it is cumbersome to reboot etc. if all I want to do is read mail or download a file. I have read many of the FAQ's and chapters in the book that accompanied my cd, but most of it is still alittle to "low level" and I don't have the background to "really " comprehend it. Is there a concise method somewhere on how to set up my modem and machine to dial in to my isp. My equipment is a toshiba laptop w/ a 33.6 pc card fax modem. Also, Another unrelated question: I have been attempting to mount my cdrom w/ the mount command and do not entirely understand all the arguments. I have read the man page but still don't get it. I do not have lots of unix background but am trying. Can anyone tell me how to mount the a volume in the cdrom drive. It is an IDE drive if that is important. Thanks, Chris. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message