From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 15 11:49:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA03387 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jan 1996 11:49:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from blueridge-ftp.saic.com ([198.151.14.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA03370 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 1996 11:49:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from BlueRidge-EF.SAIC.COM ([198.151.14.5]) by blueridge-ftp.saic.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id OAA00183 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 1996 14:47:48 -0500 Received: from SAIC1/SpoolDir by BlueRidge-EF.SAIC.COM (Mercury 1.21); 15 Jan 96 14:54:12 -0500 Received: from SpoolDir by SAIC1 (Mercury 1.21); 15 Jan 96 14:53:55 -0500 From: "Tony Magner" Organization: SAIC BlueRidge Engineering Facility To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 14:53:17 -0500 EST Subject: Re: SLIP Setup...help! Reply-to: anthony.s.magner@cpmx.saic.com Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Message-ID: <2469F1945C3@BlueRidge-EF.SAIC.COM> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On 15 Jan 96, Tony Magner scribbled: >Newbie here! > >I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to setup a SLIP server using >2.1.0. I've read thru the handbook and various other Unix resources >on the net to no avail. I think I've got it to a point where I may >be able to connect but I can't access the damn modem to set it to >auto-answer using tip. I keep getting a link down error. If >anything needs to be posted for further assistance pls advise. > >TIA. > I've since been able to get tip to work and I've set the modem, but I can't exit tip. Supposed to type ~ right? Doesn't exit. What do I do now? The modems connect but I don't get a prompt through the terminal program to login to BSD. Is this another issue where I've f*&%ed up? -- Tony Magner -- anthony.s.magner@cpmx.saic.com