From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 28 7:20:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp07.wxs.nl (smtp07.wxs.nl [195.121.6.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4019937B423 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 07:20:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from Alex ([213.10.151.186]) by smtp07.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GTOVXX01.Q76; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 16:20:21 +0100 Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 16:20:27 +0100 From: Alex X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.53d) Reply-To: Alex X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1626710778.20020328162027@dds.nl> To: Vinceido Lipose Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re[2]: How to install FreeBSD with ADSL modem ? In-Reply-To: <3CA3055B.440A65DA@pacific.net.sg> References: <20020328003723.DFBEB4844F@wastegate.net> <3CA3055B.440A65DA@pacific.net.sg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello Vinceido, Thursday, March 28, 2002, 12:58:19 PM, you wrote: VL> I wanted to install FBSD on a old laptop that doesn't have a bootable VL> cdrom, that's why I wanted to install thru FTP. VL> Currently I'm using an Ethernet ADSL modem to connect to internet from my VL> desktop running Win98. VL> I'm using a cross-over cable to connect the network card (my desktop) to VL> the Ethernet ADSL modem, and it works. I'm using WinPoET to make VL> connection to the internet. Check if your modum knows how to make the connection with your ISP and PPPoE. Then you can talk with PPP. (I did it with my modum and pptp) -- Best regards, Alex mailto:freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message