Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 00:48:22 -0400 From: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu> To: David Kelly <dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org> Cc: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how to dial into my BSD box for internet access(re-worded) Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.31L.02.0104150047200.3967446-100000@irix2.gl.umbc.edu> In-Reply-To: <200104141826.f3EIQDP60106@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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cuban all the way my friend...i did realize that after i sent you the email about no cigar! thanks for your help! G. Jason Middleton On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, David Kelly wrote: > "G. Jason Middleton" writes: > > close but no cigar > > > > I need to be able to surf theweb from say..a windows client...i ned to > > establish a PPP connection be assigned an IP most likely a 192.168.0.... > > since all my boxes get access to the internet from behind a NATD box with > > a firewall. > > > > this seems as though it is gonna be more difficult then i expected.. > > You just don't (yet) recognize a good cigar when you see one. > > First you have to get terminal access dial-in working. This is the best > way to debug your modems. You have to get the dial-in modem behaving > and automatically resetting and reconfiguring between calls. > > Then from within a shell login you could invoke pppd(8) on the command > line. That is, once you configure pppd. Expect the ppp(8) utility could > also be used but I never have. > > Or you could look into /usr/ports/comms/mgetty* and other techniques for > bypassing the login-to-shell stage. > > But first you need the text dial-in working. > > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net > ===================================================================== > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > G. Jason Middleton _______________________________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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