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Date:      Fri, 26 Dec 1997 18:06:39 -0500
From:      Lee Cremeans <lee@wakky.dyn.ml.org>
To:        TOKER ONUR <onur@dpc.kfupm.edu.sa>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: several networking questions ...
Message-ID:  <19971226180639.18078@wakky.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <199712262109.AAA52009@dpc107.dpc.kfupm.edu.sa>; from TOKER ONUR on Sat, Dec 27, 1997 at 12:09:46AM %2B0300
References:  <199712262109.AAA52009@dpc107.dpc.kfupm.edu.sa>

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On Sat, Dec 27, 1997 at 12:09:46AM +0300, TOKER ONUR wrote:
>  
> (1) Can I use an internal modem with FreeBSD ? If yes, which architectures are
> supported ?

Yes, just make sure it isn't a "WInModem"--those won't work with anything
but Windoze. :( Also, being able to turn off PnP helps. 

> (2) If I have two 56K modems, and two telephone lines, can I dial my ISP  
> using both telehone lines and achieve 112Kb/s data transfer rate for ftp 
> or http connections ? If yes how ?

I think mgp can do this, it's in the ports collection...

> (3) What is proxy, ip-tunneling, ip-masquareding ? How can I get more info.
> about these ? 

Erm...not sure where to look there. Can someone jump in here?

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