From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Dec 2 16:40:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA24621 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 16:40:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA24616 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 16:40:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA02619; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 16:42:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 16:42:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Mark DeWar cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Docs In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19961031041515.0066353c@mailserver.fiber-net.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Mark DeWar wrote: > As a newbie to Freebsd the docs seemed good. However there was really not > much refering to it on ftping it to a system. I could not get the modem to > dial at all. I found no info on what to look for. Plus the term has only two > commands avail. and to a newbie it is confusing and frustrating. More > troubleshooting guides would be a GREAT benefit. I agree. Unfortunately it's hard to know exactly what information to put into it. I believe you're refering to ppp, which isn't well documented in itself. You would be more intersted in a more full-featured comm program. The best one I know if is Seyon, a ProComm-like program for X Windows. It has all the bells and whistles. If you haven't found it already, check out the Handbook and the rest of the documentation on http://www.freebsd.org/. Or, you can find the Handbook in /usr/share/doc/handbook on any installed system with the doc distribution. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major