From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 27 21:42:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.splusnet.com (mail.splusnet.com [216.47.32.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 897401541F for ; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 21:42:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from become@splusnet.com) Received: from splusnet.com (sppp150.splusnet.com [206.190.211.226]) by mail.splusnet.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id AAA28332 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 00:42:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <37C792AF.C7D59A06@splusnet.com> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 00:41:35 -0700 From: become X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: another ppp question Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG To whom it may concern I am currently using user ppp and also use the free bsd box (as a gateway) to connect my 3 other (win98) boxs to the internet I want to set up kernel ppp and was wondering should i use server ppp or client ppp i currently use the syntax (ppp -alias splus) and then dial splus at the ppp prompt when i use kernel ppp will i have to run (!bg) background commands? at the ppp prompt or will ppp be running in the background and i will be at a regular prompt? cause it is a pain in the butt to always type !bg before a command Thank you for all you help!! Matthew become@splusnet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message