Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:07:46 -0400 From: Joe Altman <fj@panix.com> To: sweetleaf <sweetleaf@myrealbox.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can i make dial up PPP easy? !!! Message-ID: <20030721210746.GA5619@panix.com> In-Reply-To: <3F1A692F.1000103@myrealbox.com> References: <3F1A692F.1000103@myrealbox.com>
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On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 05:04:31AM -0500, sweetleaf wrote: > I am trying to setup a friends computer with freebsd 5.1. He has used > windows for the last 5 years and has never used a unix based > computer.......so i need to make things as easy and "point and click" as > possible. > He uses a dial up isp "everyones internet" for internet service and i > dont have any idea on how to make this easy as i have always used a > cable modem. What should i use? I have heard that ppp is what most use. > Whatever solution, I will need it to have a good gui interface so he can > jut click connect and disconnect etc... and username : password. Any > good suggestions. > > Also, I cant seem to find the modem showing up in dmesg. The modem is a > astec pci - modem,,, here is my dmesg. I can't speak to the issue of the modem directly, but you may wish to investigate xisp for the gui: /usr/ports/net/xisp/pkg-descr reads: The xisp package implements a user-friendly X interface to pppd/chat and provides maximum feedback from the dial-in and login phases on a browser screen, as well as a manual login terminal window. It also provides greater versatility in interrupting a call in progress and in general enhances the user's feeling of "what's going on", especially if he/she is not all that well acquainted with the intricacies of system log files. Xisp also has means to track your phonecosts. WWW: http://xisp.hellug.gr/ As to the modem, someone has speculated that it may be a WinModem...if you can query[1] it via MS windows, then you may be able to determine if it is a WinModem that way; otherwise (if, for instance, you don't have an MS OS on that box) you can open the box, and see if WinModem or softmodem or words to that effect are printed on a label or on the modem itself. If you still cannot determine its nature, you could go here with the model number: http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/help.html or here: http://www.driverzone.com/fcc_id_search.htm or here: http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/Welcome.html I think this latter one is the one most likely to bear fruit; but I could be wrong. For the last two years, maybe longer, it seems that manufacturers have not (are not required?) provided this info....so the modem may not be listed. HTH. [1] Something like Control Panel -> Modems -> (More info or Query Modem) -- Free the West Memphis Three http://www.wm3.org/
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