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Date:      Tue, 30 Nov 1999 01:18:50 GMT
From:      mike@sentex.net (Mike Tancsa)
To:        argenis.tovar@compaq.com ("Tovar, Argenis")
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: AOL
Message-ID:  <38432587.344959275@mail.sentex.net>
In-Reply-To: <MAIL2BAEE918EF6CD1118FA800805F57F12E04A4E251@excaus-11601-s1.txn.cpqcorp.net>
References:  <MAIL2BAEE918EF6CD1118FA800805F57F12E04A4E251@excaus-11601-s1.txn.cpqcorp.net>

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On 29 Nov 1999 12:29:00 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote:

>I'm trying to set up a FreeBSD gateway, but the ISP is AOL. Since AOL seems
>to require a special software to connect, I guess my question is: Can ppp be
>configured to connect to AOL? and if not, Is there a port that allows me to
>do so?

I dont know for certain, but from what I understand, they use just regular
PPP and PAP authentication.  If so, see the files in /etc/ppp and have a
look at the documentation on www.freebsd.org.  My guess is plain old PPP
and PAP for authentication will suffice.

	---Mike
Mike Tancsa  (mdtancsa@sentex.net)		
Sentex Communications Corp,   		
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
"Given enough time, 100 monkeys on 100 routers 
could setup a national IP network." (KDW2)


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