From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jan 24 14: 4:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from heorot.1nova.com (sub24-23.member.dsl-only.net [63.105.24.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7F3337B6B7 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 14:04:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by heorot.1nova.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7E07118BB; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:27:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by heorot.1nova.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AFF218BA; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:27:45 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:27:45 +0000 (GMT) From: Rick Hamell To: Doug Young Cc: RS , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modem question In-Reply-To: <010a01c08649$476af3a0$847e03cb@apana.org.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You might also ask in -questions, as -newbies is not for technical questions (and answers,) whatsoever. :) Rick ******************************************************************* Rick's FreeBSD Web page http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://www.shatteredcrystal.net/hardware ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Doug Young wrote: > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message