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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 07:30:05 -0800
From: Allan Bowhill <abowhill@blarg.net>
To: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm>
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On  0, Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> wrote:
:The best tutorial I've seen on this remains <URL:  
:http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/14/FreeBSD_Basics.html>.  3 years  
:ago as a newbie it was far easier for me to understand than the Handbook.   
:One thing has changed in those 3 years: The user wanting to access the Net  
:must be a member of the 'dialer' group.

Actually, the group is "network"

IMHO, the best resource for user ppp is still the manpage. Probably
one of the best-written manpages there are.

I just recently went through the ordeal of configuring modems for 
it, and I agree, the handbook doesn't have too much to offer there.


-- 
Allan Bowhill
abowhill@blarg.net

Spend extra time on hobby.  Get plenty of rolling papers.