From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 17 11:38:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA06701 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 11:38:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA06696 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 11:38:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA10684; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 11:38:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 11:38:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Marcus Tse cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: connect to internet server In-Reply-To: <19971117160008.9923.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Marcus Tse wrote: > i recently bought the freebsd, i know that the "dip" function can > connect to the slip server, but the problem is that i got the "dip" > directory on the "usr/..", but i have no "dip" function aviliable for > use also i can't see any description on the manapage. > could u told me how to reinstall this function, because i try alot of > time to get into the "/stand/sysinstall" to reinstall the "gdip" > option . FreeBSD doesn't ship with `dip'. You might be thinking of `tip'. > also is it any way i can make a "ppp" dial up to make connection to > other server. Sure, run ppp then type `term' to drop into terminal mode. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major