Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 21:43:17 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Lynn, Tun" <TLynn@allstate.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: modem thing Message-ID: <14809.18373.251465.801724@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <45977014@toto.iv>
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Lynn, Tun writes: > Hi, > I bought FreeBSD and install it on my PC. All I want to do is use it to > connect to the internet through ISP (just like you would normally do in > Windows environment), through modem. problem is, I don't know how to set it > up. Because of that, I end up buying 2,3 modems and several unixes including > Solaris. It should not be so difficult. I admit that I am not a guru, just > Unix lover wanting to use Unix to down load C compilers, Perls and stuff > like that. > Can you help me out here ??? Are you buy any chance buying cheap internal PCI modems? If so, you're probably out of luck. If you've got an external serial modem, read through /etc/ppp/ppp.conf. Setting that up might well work (depends on the ISP). <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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