From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Dec 28 10:23:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from Amelia.bsdprophet.org (cherry46.theshop.net [63.67.33.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D31B537B416 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:23:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from bsdprophet.org (localhost.bsdprophet.org [127.0.0.1]) by Amelia.bsdprophet.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fBSINeU02907; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:23:41 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from scott@bsdprophet.org) Message-ID: <3C2CB8AC.568FB454@bsdprophet.org> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:23:40 -0600 From: Scott Corey X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: leegold Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp.conf References: <3C3D0AD5@operamail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a link for a step by step howto on ppp. I found it by going to the FreeBSD home page, looking under "For Newbies" (which is on the left column) then going into the documentation link. Took three clicks of my mouse. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/ppp-primer/index.html Scott leegold wrote: > > I only see a ppp.conf sample file. I do not see a ppp.options > file. > > I thought ppp.options was used for kernel ppp > when not using pap/chap. > > I am confused since I see about 10 different > ways and scripts for ppp. I have not found one > cogent explanantion in any freebsd document. > For example the handbook say something about > kernel ppp for a cisco hub(?) > > I want to connect to my ISP THAT"S ALL. > And it's bewildering. FreeBSD is not easy > for someone with average intelligence like me. > > YEs, I will keep hacking until I can connect, > I will keep hacking untill I can get an X windows > where I can be even remotely as productive as the GUI > on win2k. It's all a hack - I still can't find step by step > documention with technical side bars. > > I rarely get anything out of man pages. They seem like > they are written in another language not english. > > Another eg. I try blackbox wm, I get a pitchblack screen > and a staic task bar of some kind. No usability. I try > gwm, I get a real color fest here again I'll spend weeks > hacking it until I get productive. Fonts? I got all the fonts > again, at least a day figuring the fonts. > > ppp-on, ppp-off, what's ppp.conf.sample? Print it out and spend > a couple hrs figuring it out - is there a doc. that will take me thru > it line by line? Wwould be a real help for people of average intelligence. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message