Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 07:04:42 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "RS" <khalel1@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Modem question Message-ID: <010a01c08649$476af3a0$847e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <20010124204732.2495.qmail@web6201.mail.yahoo.com>
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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" <khalel1@yahoo.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> 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
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