From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 31 13:59:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5055037B401 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:59:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from anyfloridahome.com (adsl-068-153-193-052.sip.bct.bellsouth.net [68.153.193.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B276A43F93 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:59:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bob@anything-inc.com) Received: from neo.anything-inc.com [68.153.193.50] by anyfloridahome.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.00) id A4BA22B00FE; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:06:02 -0400 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030731165558.00a8f610@mail.anything-inc.com> X-Sender: bob@anything-inc.com@mail.anything-inc.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:57:04 -0400 To: "Ken Copling" From: Bob Collins In-Reply-To: <000801c357a6$aca09aa0$358dfea9@yourze8cxvr8tt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 20:59:53 -0000 At 03:59 PM 7/31/2003 -0500, Ken Copling wrote: >hello is there a command in the shell that will let me connect to my >service provider so i can get on the internet to do things like web search >I just dont like having to open up the x window just to get on the net so >is there a way of doing it in the shell Assuming your networking is fine, you can do a text only web link with lynx. Otherwise, surfing the web, as it were, is supposed to be graphical..... -- Bob