From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 10 15:30:57 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91287EEB; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:30:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C56D8FC17; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:30:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qBAFUvf8045449; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:30:57 GMT (envelope-from eadler@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from eadler@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qBAFUvZu045448; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:30:57 GMT (envelope-from eadler@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201212101530.qBAFUvZu045448@svn.freebsd.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:30:57 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40321 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:30:57 -0000 Author: eadler Date: Mon Dec 10 15:30:56 2012 New Revision: 40321 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40321 Log: SLIP was removed in 8.x. Given that 7.x will only be supported for another 2 months it doesn't make much sense to keep this information in the FAQ. Noted by: Joe Barbish Approved by: bcr (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Mon Dec 10 15:30:54 2012 (r40320) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Mon Dec 10 15:30:56 2012 (r40321) @@ -6788,27 +6788,16 @@ Key F15 A A Menu Wo - Does &os; support SLIP and PPP? + Does &os; support PPP? - Yes. See the manual pages for &man.slattach.8;, - &man.sliplogin.8;, &man.ppp.8;, and &man.pppd.8;. - &man.ppp.8; and &man.pppd.8; provide support for both - incoming and outgoing connections, while &man.sliplogin.8; - deals exclusively with incoming connections, and - &man.slattach.8; deals exclusively with outgoing - connections. + Yes. &man.ppp.8; provides support for both + incoming and outgoing connections. For more information on how to use these, please see the Handbook chapter on PPP and SLIP. - - If you only have access to the Internet through a - shell account, you may want to have a look at - the net/slirp package. - It can provide you with (limited) access to services such as - ftp and http direct from your local machine. + url="&url.books.handbook;/ppp-and-slip.html">Handbook chapter on PPP. @@ -8436,7 +8425,7 @@ ATDT1234567 Serial Communications This section answers common questions about serial - communications with &os;. PPP and SLIP are covered in the Networking section.