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Date:      Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:26:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "templer." <templer_@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: freebsd3.1 and a modem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906211126230.36767-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19990620202841.71136.qmail@hotmail.com>

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On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, templer. wrote:

> not long installed freebsd 3.1 for the first time, and really wanted to get 
> it connected to the internet ASAP.
> i have moved over from linux, where i was using redhat, on there they had a 
> command "modemtool" or something like that which let you tell the system 
> which port the modem was connected too.
> i was woundering if there is something like that in freebsd at all? just at 
> the moment i tried to use kde's KPPP to connect to the inet, only kde just 
> hangs, and i have to kill the process to get out of it.

Use 'ppp'.  It's CLI but the defaults are quite reasonable.  Plus, there's
plenty of docs floating about, in the manpage, Handbook, FAQ, and paper
books.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | www.freebsd.org



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