From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 26 20:42:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA19593 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:42:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts13-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.152]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA19583 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:42:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA00479; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:42:13 -0700 Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:42:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Dave Hummel cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTP install In-Reply-To: <31CF44C4.5AFB@mail.idt.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, Dave Hummel wrote: > I've had no touble prepping my system for FreeBSD, but I don't know > how to use the ppp software to download. When I ask for that option, it > send me to the ppp software....I've been instructed to type 'term' and it > says I'm in terminal mode and gives me a ppp> prompt. What dialup > commands can I use to activate my modem? AT commamds?( I'm UNIX > illiterate), Dave When you type 'term' you should be online with your modem, ie you type AT you get OK back. Then use atdt xxxyyyy, and login and start a ppp session with your provider. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major