From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 17 10:45:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA27301 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 10:45:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA27138 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 10:43:29 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA00769; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 10:44:10 -0800 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 10:44:10 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Jai Goradia cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question on how to set up a 28.8 USR modem for freebsd ... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Jai Goradia wrote: > Hello, > I just installed freebsd v2.1 OS on my PC at home. Its a Pentium > 120Mhz from Micron Electronics. I am running Boot Manager and > Windows95, OS2 and now FreeBSD in 3 different partitions on my hard > drive 1.275 M Conner Peripherals drive. And you have some space leftover? :-) > I would like to dialout to > my Internet Service Provider from home via modem using a PPP connection. > I do not know what files need to be edited and what needs to > be done for FreeBSD to recognize my 28.8 US robotics Sportster Internal > Modem. And how do i dialout (commands? etc) . Do i have to > recompile the kernel? or since i now have it installed how do i get it > to dial out to my ISP. Start at the ppp man page. that should give you a good start. Also look at the files in /etc/ppp/. > I will greatly appreciate if you could give me a step by step run down > on configuring PPP and everything needed to be done for freebsd > to recognize my modem and to be able to dialout from my PC to outside > internet connnections. Sounds like we need to have something put in the handbook for this. I would but I don't have time right now. > goradia@vanilla.r.umn.edu or goradia@millcomm.com Look at the old questions in the questions archive, I've done this about three times now :) Write me back and I'll lead you through it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major