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Date:      Tue, 3 Oct 2000 09:31:39 -0500 
From:      "Lynn, Tun" <TLynn@Allstate.COM>
To:        "'Janko van Roosmalen'" <janko@compuserve.com>, "Lynn, Tun" <TLynn@Allstate.COM>
Cc:        "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: modem thing
Message-ID:  <64030E3AB1D4D211B37C0008C75D9E6606799632@001-expo10-d.allstate.com>

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what type of external modem would you suggest ???

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Janko van Roosmalen [SMTP:janko@compuserve.com]
> Sent:	Monday, October 02, 2000 6:22 PM
> To:	Lynn, Tun
> Cc:	'questions@freebsd.org'
> Subject:	Re: modem thing
> 
> If you bought internal modems, return them and get an external. Only
> with an external modem can you be sure it is not a "Winmodem". This type
> of modems needs a Windows software driver to function, and do not work
> under non_win OS's.
> External modems also have the benefit that you can see the diagnostic
> LEDs.
>  
> Check out "man ppp" and the example configuration file. Everything is
> very understandable and more like a tutorial. If there would be an Oscar
> or Emmy award for man pages, I would nominate this one.
> 
> 
> ===Janko van Roosmalen - Vught - Netherlands===
> 
> On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Lynn, Tun wrote:
> 
> >  
> > 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 ???
> > 
> > Unix Lover
> > 
> > ps. If you guys can make that easy on the PC platform, you can beat
> Windows
> > any time!!!
> > 
> > pps. please, please, please...
> > 
> > 
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