From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Oct 28 09:26:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA21373 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:26:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp02.wxs.nl (smtp02.wxs.nl [195.121.6.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA21368 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:26:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from diabolique.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.58.53]) by smtp02.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA43D0; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 18:25:28 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <015601be028f$67e51d80$6000a8c0@alex-d> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 18:29:08 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Alex Davidson Subject: RE: How to test my ISP connection Cc: FreeBSD Newbies Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 28-Oct-98 Alex Davidson wrote: > Now that I suspect ppp is connecting to my ISP successfully I want to test > the > connection by running ftp or lynx. However, when I type lynx it doesn't know > what I'm talking about so maybe it's not installed (where would I find it if > it > is installed?). ftp works but what is the syntax to connect to a site? I > have > trid ftp ftp.netscape.com and it says it can't connect to the site. ye typing this in at the: ppp on name> console? Because ye need another xterm window or vtty to use the dial-up. --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl Junior Network/Security Specialist FreeBSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message