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From: Craig Shaver <craig@ProGroup.com>
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questions and FreeBsd-questions are the same, you only need to send it
once.

What have you set up so far?  Have you set up the files in /etc/ppp? 
Are you going to use user ppp (tun0) or kernel ppp (ppp0)?  Look at the
examples in /etc/ppp and then go back to the handbook and try again. 
Then, when you fail again :), attach all of the stuff you set up, and
tell us which type of ppp you were trying to set up.

Include the isp information, except for your real logon and password. 
Do you have an assigned ip number or a dynamic ip number from your isp?

I use kernel ppp for a dedicated link, and a class C on my side, with a
known ip addr on the isp side.  I may not be a lot of help with user ppp
and dynamic ip addresses.  But there are others who have had the same
struggle you have, and should be able to help. 

Michael Alwan wrote:
> 
> To all:
> 
> I've been trying to configure user ppp following the steps in the html
> handbook that I downloaded with 2.1.7. (also consulting man pages). No luck
> so far.
> 
> What I would like to do for starters is use the Netscape Communicator 4.02b
> package to surf, read news, and check e-mail--more advanced stuff like
> setting up a server later.  I've got Xwindows and Communicator running,
> more or less--just an error message when I try to  set the news host server
> ("news.rma.edu") in Communicator.  What is the best way to  establish a
> connection with my ISP?  Do I, for instance, get user ppp running on an
> xterm and simply start up or switch to the browser?  I don't see a ppp
> xwindow package or port (something akin to MS Windows Dial-up Networking).
> Is there such a thing?  Or, barring a GUI fix, a better command-line
> program?  Not to sound ungrateful, but the documentation for user ppp
> confuses me
> 
> Michael Alwan

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