From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Aug 29 15: 0:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from richardson.apana.org.au (richardson.apana.org.au [203.3.126.216]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B8DB115149 for ; Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:00:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from young@richardson.apana.org.au) Received: from jdy [203.3.126.129] by richardson.apana.org.au [203.3.126.216] with SMTP (MDaemon.v2.7.SP4.T) for ; Mon, 30 Aug 1999 07:54:17 +1000 Message-ID: <020101bef269$9fa48600$857e03cb@jdy> From: "Young" To: "=?iso-8859-9?B?RXJ0YW4gS/zn/Gtv8Gx1?=" Cc: Subject: Re: ppp setup Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 07:58:24 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01FE_01BEF2BD.6F5A9260" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG X-Return-Path: young@richardson.apana.org.au Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01FE_01BEF2BD.6F5A9260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-9" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ahhhhhh .... some newbie gonna go through the same frustration I did a = couple weeks ago :) :) :) No doubt a bunch of experts are gonna jump on this and say from a = philosophical=20 perspective that I'm giving "wrong" advice, but it you are like me and = just want to=20 get the thing working with minimum of hocus pocus / witchcraft / other = arcane=20 involvement ...... go to ftp://flag.blackenet.net/freebsd/ppp_script.sh = and download the setup script file. If you are using a Windows box to download it and = have something like mtools you can copy the script to a DOS formatted floppy and use = "mcopy a: ppp_script.sh /usr/bin" instead of having to wade through all that = "mount' insanity. The name seems to get changed to "ppp_sc~1.sh" during this process, so = you need to=20 rename to to "ppp_script.sh" again it once its in /usr/bin" and just run = the script ..... its a far easier way to get ppp functioning than weeks of messing with teh = conventional method. Some of the BSD docs are nearly intelligible (as compared with linux = ones anyway) and=20 Pedantic PPP Primer / PPP FAQ / FreeBSD Handbook have a bit of relevant = info even if=20 you have to wade through a fair amount of stuff thats not immediately = relevant to newbies. There are other ways to do this but the only thing that interests me is = the quickest way that=20 works properly. I tried just using the documentation and all I got was = frustrated ------=_NextPart_000_01FE_01BEF2BD.6F5A9260 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-9" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Ahhhhhh .... some = newbie gonna go=20 through the same frustration I did a couple

weeks=20 ago :) :) :)

No doubt a bunch of experts are gonna = jump on this=20 and say from a philosophical

perspective that I'm giving = "wrong"=20 advice, but it you are like me and just want to

get the thing working with minimum of = hocus pocus /=20 witchcraft / other arcane

involvement ...... go to ftp://flag.blacke= net.net/freebsd/ppp_script.sh=20 and download

the setup script file. If you are using = a Windows=20 box to download it and have something

like mtools you can copy the script to = a DOS=20 formatted floppy and use "mcopy a:

ppp_script.sh /usr/bin" instead of = having to=20 wade through all that "mount' insanity.

The name seems to get changed to=20 "ppp_sc~1.sh" during this process, so you need to =

rename to to "ppp_script.sh" = again=20 it once its in /usr/bin" and = just run the=20 script ..... its a

far easier way to get ppp functioning = than weeks of=20 messing with teh conventional method.

Some of the BSD docs are nearly = intelligible (as=20 compared with linux ones anyway) and

Pedantic PPP Primer / PPP FAQ / FreeBSD = Handbook=20 have a bit of relevant info even if

you have to wade through a fair amount = of stuff=20 thats not immediately relevant to newbies.

There are other ways to = do this but=20 the only thing that interests me is the quickest way that

works properly. I tried = just using=20 the documentation and all I got was frustrated

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