From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 27 14:45:00 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA23264 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 Dec 1995 14:45:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts13-line8.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.157]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA23256 for ; Wed, 27 Dec 1995 14:44:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA00235; Wed, 27 Dec 1995 14:43:21 -0800 Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 14:43:19 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Ken Fallot cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: dial-up , PPP, SLIP or other REMOTE X In-Reply-To: <199512271839.NAA00917@ecc.nyseg.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Wed, 27 Dec 1995, Ken Fallot wrote: > I'm running FreeBSD 2.0.5 on P90 with perm. connection to internet at work. Kewl :-) > I would like to provide myself with dial in capabilities and run > things like Mosaic, Netscape and other X applications from home. (also > FreeBsd) I've read some about PPP and SLIP and I'm still a bit confused. > If anyone can help answer some of my questions I would be greatfull. Sure... > - I only have one IP from my ISP can i still run ppp or slip? Sure can, no problem. > - Is there any "REMOTE X" type applicatione i can use on dial-up? You can use whatever you want, once you have the PPP or SLIP connection established. You can point an X server on your home box to your work box and use the work box's xdm. > - Is there any way i can do one of the above from a DOS client? > ( please don't flame me , some co-workers don't have UNIX ) X on DOS is not pretty. There is a server, 'XAppeal', which is commercial. There is a 30 day demo that a friend of mine has that I could forward along. > I have already set up /dev/ttyd0 with USRobitics 14.4 and > can use standard terminal emulator from home. I've read the FreeBSD > handbook sections on PPP and SLIP , the man pages don't seem to help. Hm. Anything specific you're having problems with in relation to PPP/SLIP? It's a big topic. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major