From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jan 24 13: 5:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from goblin.apana.org.au (goblin.apana.org.au [203.3.126.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63D9F37B400 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:04:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by goblin.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA10980; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 07:04:39 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: from roadrunner.apana.org.au(203.3.126.132), claiming to be "roadrunner" via SMTP by goblin.apana.org.au, id smtpdk10978; Thu Jan 25 07:04:28 2001 Message-ID: <010a01c08649$476af3a0$847e03cb@apana.org.au> From: "Doug Young" To: "RS" , References: <20010124204732.2495.qmail@web6201.mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Modem question Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 07:04:42 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org If your hardware is supported, network configuration with FreeBSD is usually a quite straightforward part of normal installation .... a few dialog boxes pop up with simple english questions & thats about it. The unstated proviso is that its assumed you've got compatible hardware. I personally stick to a very short list of stuff that I've found from experience to work reliably every time but some people have either more time than I do or more interest in messing about. Laptops are inclined to be a pain in the posterior due to the often weird components used so you'll need to check the hardware compatibility list carefully. I believe there is a special page or site for laptop installers but I've never used it If the modem is a PCMCIA one you may be out of luck with it ... at least every one of those I've met was of the winmodem family. ----- Original Message ----- From: "RS" To: Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 6:47 AM Subject: Modem question > OK. Ive gotten some great sites on PPP help from you > guys. Funny, I didnt even notice the link on the > FreeBSD.org site. Anyway, let me give you guys the > whole scenario. A friend of mine gave me a laptop with > RH Linux on it. I blew it out, then installed FreeBSD > on it. This laptop has a modem and a ethernet card. Do > I need to configure these devices before I do the set > up PPP? If so, how? TIA!! > > P.S. Sorry, but im the ultimate newbie. > > ===== > **R.S.** (pronounced R-dot S-dot) > "Look at all the pretty C shells" > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > > 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