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	Which means you need to use ppp to connect to your ISP with PPP
through dial-up. See www.freebsd.org documentation for more info or just
"man ppp"

-- Yan

On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, John Frader wrote:

>Mike,
>
>It sounds like it might have automatically started a ppp session.
>
>On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Mike Poore wrote:
>
>> i was wondering how i can connect to my isp through minicom
>> i typed atdt and my isp # and i logged in then i got these funny
>> characters and it disconnected me. it said 'NO CARRIER'  how can i log
>> in and connect without being disconnected?
>> 
>> thanks
>> Mike
>> 
>> 
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